About the Authors
- Takayoshi Yamaza
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Contributed equally to this work with: Takayoshi Yamaza, Yasuo Miura
Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Yasuo Miura
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Contributed equally to this work with: Takayoshi Yamaza, Yasuo Miura
Affiliation Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Yanming Bi
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Affiliation National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Yongzhong Liu
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Affiliation National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Kentaro Akiyama
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Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Wataru Sonoyama
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Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Voymesh Patel
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Affiliation National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Silvio Gutkind
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Affiliation National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Marian Young
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Affiliation National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Stan Gronthos
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Affiliation Mesenchymal Stem Cell Group, Division of Haematology, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Anh Le
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Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Cun-Yu Wang
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Affiliation Division of Oral Biology & Medicine, University of California Los Angeles School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- WanJun Chen
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* E-mail: wchen@mail.nih.gov (WC); songtaos@usc.edu (SS)
Affiliation National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Songtao Shi
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* E-mail: wchen@mail.nih.gov (WC); songtaos@usc.edu (SS)
Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SS TY YM. Performed the experiments: TY YM YB. Analyzed the data: TY YM YB YL KA WS VP. Wrote the paper: JG MY SS TY SG YM AL CW WC.