About the Authors

Xiangzhi Meng

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Institute of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, Jining Medical College, Jining, Shandong, China

Fushun Zhang

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Bo Yan

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Chuanping Si

Roles Resources

Affiliation Institute of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, Jining Medical College, Jining, Shandong, China

Hiroaki Honda

Roles Resources

Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animals, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Akiko Nagamachi

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology and Leukemia Program Project, Hiroshima University, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

Lu-Zhe Sun

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Cell Systems & Anatomy, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Yan Xiang

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

xiangy@uthscsa.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.