About the Authors

Bingzhong Xue

bxue@gsu.edu (BX); hshi3@gsu.edu (HS)

Affiliations Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Zhenggang Yang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Xianfeng Wang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Hang Shi

bxue@gsu.edu (BX); hshi3@gsu.edu (HS)

Affiliations Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BX HS. Performed the experiments: BX HS ZY XW. Analyzed the data: BX HS. Wrote the paper: BX HS.