Author Contributions
ΨThese authors contributed equally to this study.
Xueqiong Wu and Yan Liang designed the research study. Yan Liang,
Yourong Yang and Lan Wang performed the animal experiments including
mouse PBMCs isolation, RNA extraction and gene microarray assay. Nan
Wang and Xueqiong Wu analyzed the data and performed bioinformatics
analysis. Nan Wang, Qianqian Ma, Jie Mi and Yong Xue performed human
PBMCs isolation and RT-qPCR validation assay. Nan Wang performed the GEO
validation. Nan Wang and Xueqiong Wu wrote the manuscript. Xueqiong Wu
reviewed and revised the manuscript and supervised the project and
original data.