About the Authors

Lu Wang

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States of America, 75080, Shandong University, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, 250100

Lan Guo

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States of America, 75080

Lin Lu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States of America, 75080, Shandong University, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, 250100

Huili Sun

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States of America, 75080, Shenzhen Traditional Medicine Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, 518031

Muming Shao

Affiliation Shenzhen Traditional Medicine Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, 518031

Simon J. Beck

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States of America, 75080

Lin Li

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States of America, 75080

Janani Ramachandran

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States of America, 75080

Yifeng Du

Affiliation Shandong University, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, 250100

Heng Du

heng.du@utdallas.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States of America, 75080, Shandong University, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, 250100

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LG YD HD. Performed the experiments: LW LG L. Lu HS MS SB L. Li JR. Analyzed the data: LW LG L. Lu L. Li. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HD. Wrote the paper: HD.