About the Authors

Qinghao Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Xiaohong Lei

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Hong Lu

luh@upstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QZ HL. Performed the experiments: QZ XL. Analyzed the data: QZ XL HL. Wrote the paper: QZ HL.