About the Authors

Ka Yu Siu

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

Mei Kuen Yu

Affiliations School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, Epithelial Cell Biology Research Center, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

Xinggang Wu

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

Min Zong

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

Michael G. Roth

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Hsiao Chang Chan

Affiliations School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, Epithelial Cell Biology Research Center, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

Sidney Yu

Sidney.yu@cuhk.edu.hk

Affiliations School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, Epithelial Cell Biology Research Center, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KYS SY MGR HCC. Performed the experiments: KYS MKY XW MZ SY. Wrote the paper: MGR SY.