About the Authors

Yihong Hu

Affiliation Neurology Department, McColl-Lockwood Laboratory for Muscular Dystrophy Research, Cannon Research Center, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Zhi-fang Li

Affiliation Neurology Department, McColl-Lockwood Laboratory for Muscular Dystrophy Research, Cannon Research Center, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Xiaohua Wu

xiaohua.wu@carolinashealthcare.org

Affiliation Neurology Department, McColl-Lockwood Laboratory for Muscular Dystrophy Research, Cannon Research Center, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Qilong Lu

Affiliation Neurology Department, McColl-Lockwood Laboratory for Muscular Dystrophy Research, Cannon Research Center, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XW. Performed the experiments: XW YH ZFL. Analyzed the data: XW YH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XW. Wrote the paper: XW. Helped write the paper: QL.