About the Authors

Guo Luo

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, China

Jianxun Yi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Changling Ma

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Yajuan Xiao

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Frank Yi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Tian Yu

Affiliation Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, China

Jingsong Zhou

jingsong_zhou@rush.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JZ JY GL. Performed the experiments: GL JY CM YX FY JZ. Analyzed the data: GL JY JZ CM TY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GL JY JZ TY. Wrote the manuscript: JZ. Proofreading: JZ JY FY GL YX TY.