About the Authors
- Zhenggang Yang
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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
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Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
- Ryan P. McMillan
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Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
- Lingzhi Cai
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Erin E. Kershaw
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Liqing Yu
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Affiliation Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Bingzhong Xue
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* E-mail: 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
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* E-mail: 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.