About the Authors

Liyi Geng

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Yang Gao

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Xiabin Chen

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Shurong Hou

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Chang-Guo Zhan

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Zoran Radic

Affiliation Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, LaJolla, California, United States of America

Robin J. Parks

Affiliation Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Stephen J. Russell

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Linh Pham

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Stephen Brimijoin

brimijoin@mayo.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LG YG SB. Performed the experiments: LG YG XC SH LP. Analyzed the data: LG YG XC SH CGZ ZR SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RP SR LP. Wrote the paper: LG YG CGZ ZR SJR SB.