About the Authors

Yuan Gao

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Research Center for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P.R. China

Chuanjie Zong

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, Heilongjiang, P.R. China

Fen Liu

Affiliation Department of Research Center for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P.R. China

Lei Fang

Affiliation Department of Research Center for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P.R. China

Runlan Cai

Affiliation Department of Research Center for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P.R. China

Yue Shi

Affiliation Department of Research Center for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P.R. China

Xi Chen

yqi@implad.ac.cn (YQ); chenxi@implad.ac.cn (XC)

Affiliation Department of Research Center for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P.R. China

Yun Qi

yqi@implad.ac.cn (YQ); chenxi@implad.ac.cn (XC)

Affiliation Department of Research Center for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YG XC YQ. Performed the experiments: YG CZ FL LF RC YS. Analyzed the data: CZ YG YQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC. Wrote the paper: YG YQ.