About the Authors

Wei Chen

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Meredith L. Howell

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Yang Li

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Rui Li

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Guoxun Chen

gchen6@utk.edu

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WC GC. Performed the experiments: WC MLH YL RL. Analyzed the data: WC GC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GC. Wrote the paper: WC GC.