About the Authors

Yuan-Fu Lu

Affiliations University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, Key Lab for Basic Pharmacology of Ministry of Education, Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, China

Jie Liu

Affiliations University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, Key Lab for Basic Pharmacology of Ministry of Education, Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, China

Kai Connie Wu

Affiliation University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Qiang Qu

Affiliation University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Fang Fan

Affiliation Cytopathology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Curtis D. Klaassen

curtisklaassenphd@gmail.com

Affiliation University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL Y-FL CDK. Performed the experiments: Y-FL QQ KCW JL. Analyzed the data: Y-FL JL FF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDK Y-FL. Wrote the paper: JL CDK Y-FL.