About the Authors

Zhenggang Yang

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hang Zhou, China

Matthew Hulver

Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Ryan P. McMillan

Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Lingzhi Cai

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Erin E. Kershaw

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Liqing Yu

Affiliation Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Bingzhong Xue

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

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

Hang Shi

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

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS BX LY ZY. Performed the experiments: ZY RM LC BX HS. Analyzed the data: ZY HS BX MH EK LC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EK LC MH RM LY. Wrote the paper: HS BX EK.