About the Authors

Hsiao-Mei Lu

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jie Liang

jliang@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HML JL. Performed the experiments: HML. Analyzed the data: HML JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HML JL. Wrote the paper: HML JL.