About the Authors

Guoqing Qian

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Kathy Xue

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Lili Tang

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Franklin Wang

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Xiao Song

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Ming-Chien Chyu

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Barbara C. Pence

Affiliation Laboratory Science and Primary Care, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Chwan-Li Shen

Affiliations Laboratory Science and Primary Care, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America, Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Jia-Sheng Wang

jswang@uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSW CLS MCC BCP. Performed the experiments: GQ KX LT FW. Analyzed the data: XS LT GQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSW. Wrote the paper: GQ. Read and approved the final manuscript: GQ KX LT FW XS MCC BCP CLS JSW.