About the Authors

Lei Sun

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Ho-Yan Yau

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

On-Chai Lau

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Yu Huang

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Xiaoqiang Yao

yao2068@cuhk.edu.hk

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS H-YY O-CL XY. Performed the experiments: LS O-CL XY. Analyzed the data: LS O-CL XY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LS O-CL XY. Wrote the paper: LS XY O-CL YH.