About the Authors

Jianfeng Liu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Xin Gu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Delira Robbins

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Guohong Li

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Runhua Shi

Affiliation Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Joe M. McCord

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Yunfeng Zhao

yzhao1@lsuhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZ. Performed the experiments: JL XG DR. Analyzed the data: GL RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM. Wrote the paper: JM YZ.