About the Authors

Lingli Tang

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Departments of Clinic Laboratory, Pathology and Endocrinology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Hongbo Zhang

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Departments of Clinic Laboratory, Pathology and Endocrinology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Lei Lei

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

Siqi Gong

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

Zhiguang Zhou

Affiliation Departments of Clinic Laboratory, Pathology and Endocrinology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Joel Baseman

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

Guangming Zhong

Zhongg@UTHSCSA.EDU

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 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.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GZ JB ZZ. Performed the experiments: LT HZ LL SG. Analyzed the data: LT GZ. Wrote the manuscript: GZ LT JB.