About the Authors

Xiang Hong Li

Affiliation Radiation Countermeasures Program, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Cam T. Ha

Affiliation Radiation Countermeasures Program, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Dadin Fu

Affiliation Radiation Countermeasures Program, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mang Xiao

xiao@afrri.usuhs.mil

Affiliation Radiation Countermeasures Program, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XHL MX. Performed the experiments: XHL CTH DF MX. Analyzed the data: XHL CTH DF MX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XHL CTH DF. Wrote the paper: MX.