1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas;
2. Graduate School of Biomedical Science, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas;
3. Department of Otolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; and
4. Department of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China