About the Authors

Fei Wang

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America, College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China

Xueqi Fu

Affiliation College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China

Xia Chen

Affiliation College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China

Xinbin Chen

Affiliation Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Yunfeng Zhao

yzhao1@lsuhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FW XF Xia Chen YZ. Performed the experiments: FW. Analyzed the data: FW YZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Xinbin Chen. Wrote the paper: FW YZ.