About the Authors

Liujiang Song

Affiliations Experimental Hematology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, China, Shenzhen Institute of Xiangya Biomedicine, Shenzhen, China, Division of Cellular and Molecular Therapy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Powell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Genetics Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Xiaomiao Li

Affiliations Division of Cellular and Molecular Therapy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Powell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Genetics Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Giridhara R. Jayandharan

Affiliations Division of Cellular and Molecular Therapy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Powell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Genetics Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, Center for Stem Cell Research, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Yuan Wang

Affiliations Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

George V. Aslanidi

Affiliations Division of Cellular and Molecular Therapy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Powell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Genetics Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Chen Ling

Affiliations Division of Cellular and Molecular Therapy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Powell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Genetics Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Li Zhong

Affiliations Division of Cellular and Molecular Therapy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Powell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Genetics Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Gene Therapy Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Guangping Gao

Affiliations Gene Therapy Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Microbiology & Physiology Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mervin C. Yoder

Affiliations Herman B Well Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Changquan Ling

Affiliations Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

Mengqun Tan

mqtan26@163.com (MT); aruns@peds.ufl.edu (AS)

Affiliations Experimental Hematology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, China, Shenzhen Institute of Xiangya Biomedicine, Shenzhen, China

Arun Srivastava

mqtan26@163.com (MT); aruns@peds.ufl.edu (AS)

Affiliations Division of Cellular and Molecular Therapy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Powell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Genetics Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Shands Cancer Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS XL GRJ MCY MT AS. Performed the experiments: LS XL GRJ YW GVA CL LZ. Analyzed the data: LS XL GRJ GVA CL LZ GG MCY MT AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ GG CL. Wrote the paper: LS XL GRJ MCY AS.