About the Authors

Wei Zhu

Affiliation School of Life Science and Bio-pharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China

Liang Ye

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Long-acting and Targeting Drug Delivery System, Non-clinical Research Department, Luye Pharma Group Ltd., Yantai, Shandong 264003, China, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Institute of Material Medical, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong 264005, China

Jianzhao Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Long-acting and Targeting Drug Delivery System, Non-clinical Research Department, Luye Pharma Group Ltd., Yantai, Shandong 264003, China

Pengfei Yu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Long-acting and Targeting Drug Delivery System, Non-clinical Research Department, Luye Pharma Group Ltd., Yantai, Shandong 264003, China

Hongbo Wang

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Yantai University, Yantai, Shandong 264005, China

Zuguang Ye

zuguang_ye@126.com (ZGY); tianjingwei@luye.cn (JWT)

Affiliation School of Life Science and Bio-pharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China

Jingwei Tian

zuguang_ye@126.com (ZGY); tianjingwei@luye.cn (JWT)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Long-acting and Targeting Drug Delivery System, Non-clinical Research Department, Luye Pharma Group Ltd., Yantai, Shandong 264003, China, School of Pharmacy, Yantai University, Yantai, Shandong 264005, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. LY, JZZ, PFY and JWT are employees of Luye Pharma Group Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: LY WZ. Data curation: WZ. Formal analysis: WZ JZZ. Funding acquisition: HBW JWT. Investigation: WZ. Methodology: WZ. Resources: ZGY JWT HBW. Supervision: ZGY. Writing – original draft: WZ. Writing – review & editing: JZZ PFY ZGY.