About the Authors
- Youlin Xia
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Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Yoshio Yamaoka
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* E-mail: yyamaoka@bcm.tmc.edu (YY); xgao@uh.edu (XG)
Affiliations Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Japan
- Qi Zhu
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Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Ivan Matha
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Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Xiaolian Gao
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* E-mail: yyamaoka@bcm.tmc.edu (YY); xgao@uh.edu (XG)
Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YX YY XG. Performed the experiments: YX YY QZ IM XG. Analyzed the data: YX YY XG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YX YY XG. Wrote the paper: YX YY XG.