About the Authors

Hualin Li

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Alemayehu A. Gorfe

alemayehu.g.abebe@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HL AAG. Performed the experiments: HL AGG. Analyzed the data: HL AAG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HL AAG. Wrote the paper: HL AAG.