About the Authors

Pu Feng

pfeng@monell.org (PF); hwang@monell.org (HW)

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Hang Zhao

Affiliation Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jinghua Chai

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Liquan Huang

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Hong Wang

pfeng@monell.org (PF); hwang@monell.org (HW)

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PF HW. Performed the experiments: PF JC. Analyzed the data: PF HZ LH HW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HZ LH. Wrote the paper: PF LH HW.