About the Authors

Xinsheng Lai

Contributed equally to this work with: Xinsheng Lai, Jiayou Wang

Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, School of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Jiayou Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xinsheng Lai, Jiayou Wang

szhou@health.usf.edu (SFZ); xmishu@126.com (JW)

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy, School of Fundamental Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Neel R. Nabar

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Sanqiang Pan

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Chunzhi Tang

Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, School of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Yong Huang

Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, School of Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Mufeng Hao

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy, School of Fundamental Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Zhonghua Yang

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy, School of Fundamental Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Chunmei Ma

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy, School of Fundamental Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Jin Zhang

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy, School of Fundamental Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Helen Chew

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Zhenquan He

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy, School of Fundamental Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Junjun Yang

Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, School of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Baogui Su

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Jian Zhang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The Third Hospital of Nanchang, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

Jun Liang

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Kevin B. Sneed

Affiliation Department of Pharmacotherapeutics and Clinical Research, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Shu-Feng Zhou

szhou@health.usf.edu (SFZ); xmishu@126.com (JW)

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competiting interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XL JW NRN BS KBS SFZ JY. Performed the experiments: JW SP CT YH MH ZY CM Jin Zhang ZH. Analyzed the data: XL NRN CM HC JL Jian Zhang. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW XL CM SFZ. Wrote the paper: NRN SFZ.