About the Authors

Limor Raz

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Quan-Guang Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Cai-feng Zhou

Affiliation Experimental and Research Center, North China Coal Medical University, Tangshan, Hebei, People's Republic of China

Dong Han

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Priya Gulati

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Li-cai Yang

Affiliation Experimental and Research Center, North China Coal Medical University, Tangshan, Hebei, People's Republic of China

Fang Yang

Affiliation Experimental and Research Center, North China Coal Medical University, Tangshan, Hebei, People's Republic of China

Rui-min Wang

rmwang1213@yahoo.com.cn (RW); dbrann@mcg.edu (DWB)

Affiliation Experimental and Research Center, North China Coal Medical University, Tangshan, Hebei, People's Republic of China

Darrell W. Brann

rmwang1213@yahoo.com.cn (RW); dbrann@mcg.edu (DWB)

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FY RmW DB. Performed the experiments: LR QGZ CfZ DH PG LcY. Analyzed the data: LR QGZ CfZ DH PG LcY FY RmW DB. Wrote the paper: LR QGZ RmW DB.