About the Authors

Shaoqing He

Shaoqing.He@unthsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Alena Z. Minton

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Hai-Ying Ma

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Dorota L. Stankowska

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Xiangle Sun

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Raghu R. Krishnamoorthy

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH RRK. Performed the experiments: SH AZM HM DLS XS. Analyzed the data: SH RRK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XS. Wrote the paper: SH RRK.