About the Authors
- Weibin Zha
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
- Guang Liang
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
- Jian Xiao
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
- Elaine J. Studer
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Phillip B. Hylemon
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- William M. Pandak, Jr.
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Guangji Wang
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* E-mail: hzhou@vcu.edu (HZ); wangguangji01@gmail.com (GW)
Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
- Xiaokun Li
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Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
- Huiping Zhou
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* E-mail: hzhou@vcu.edu (HZ); wangguangji01@gmail.com (GW)
Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GW XL HZ. Performed the experiments: WZ GL JX HZ. Analyzed the data: WZ GL JX HZ. Wrote the paper: EJS PBH WMP GW XL HZ.