About the Authors

Ki Sung Kang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Yujing Wen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Noriko Yamabe

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Masayuki Fukui

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Stephanie C. Bishop

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Bao Ting Zhu

BTZhu@kumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KSK BTZ. Performed the experiments: KSK YW NY MF BTZ. Analyzed the data: KSK SCB BTZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BTZ. Wrote the paper: KSK BTZ.