About the Authors

Xing-Lin Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Xing-Lin Chen, Ying-Hong Lei

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Geriatrics of Health Ministry, Department of Geriatrics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Ying-Hong Lei

Contributed equally to this work with: Xing-Lin Chen, Ying-Hong Lei

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Geriatrics of Health Ministry, Department of Geriatrics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Cun-Fei Liu

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Qun-Fang Yang

Affiliation Department of Hyperbaric Oxygen Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Pei-Yuan Zuo

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Geriatrics of Health Ministry, Department of Geriatrics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Cheng-Yun Liu

lcyun@medmail.com.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Geriatrics of Health Ministry, Department of Geriatrics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Chang-Zhong Chen

Affiliation Microarray Core Facility, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yu-Wei Liu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Geriatrics of Health Ministry, Department of Geriatrics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XLC YHL CYL. Performed the experiments: XLC YHL. Analyzed the data: XLC YHL CFL QFY PYZ CZC YWL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XLC YHL CFL QFY PYZ CZC YWL. Wrote the paper: XLC YHL CYL.