About the Authors

Weibin Zha

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

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

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

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

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.

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

hzhou@vcu.edu (HZ); wangguangji01@gmail.com (GW)

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China

Xiaokun Li

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China

Huiping Zhou

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.