About the Authors

Hui Yang

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Chao Liu

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Yongwang Zhong

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Shouqing Luo

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Mervyn J. Monteiro

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Shengyun Fang

fangs@umbi.umd.edu

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HY SF. Performed the experiments: HY CL YZ. Analyzed the data: HY SL MJM SF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL. Wrote the paper: HY SF.