About the Authors

Hui Ding

Contributed equally to this work with: Hui Ding, Cai-Zhen Yan

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China

Cai-Zhen Yan

Contributed equally to this work with: Hui Ding, Cai-Zhen Yan

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China, Department of Pharmacology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China

Honglian Shi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Ya-Shuo Zhao

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China

Shi-Yang Chang

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China

Peng Yu

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China

Wen-Shuang Wu

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China

Chen-Yang Zhao

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China

Yan-Zhong Chang

frankyzchang@yahoo.com.hk (YZC); xlduan0311@163.com (XLD)

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China

Xiang-Lin Duan

frankyzchang@yahoo.com.hk (YZC); xlduan0311@163.com (XLD)

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZC XLD. Performed the experiments: HD CZY YSZ SYC PY WSW. Analyzed the data: HD YSZ CZY YZC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XLD HS. Wrote the paper: HD CYZ HS YZC.