About the Authors
- Qunzhou Zhang
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Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Takayoshi Yamaza
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Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- A. Paul Kelly
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology, King-Harbor Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Shihong Shi
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Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Songlin Wang
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Affiliation Salivary Gland Disease Center and the Molecular Laboratory for Gene Therapy, Capital Medical University School of Stomatology, Beijing, China
- Jimmy Brown
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Lina Wang
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Center, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Samuel W. French
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America
- Songtao Shi
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* E-mail: anhle@usc.edu (ADL); songtaos@usc.edu (SS)
Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Anh D. Le
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* E-mail: anhle@usc.edu (ADL); songtaos@usc.edu (SS)
Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, 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: QZ TY SS AL. Performed the experiments: QZ TY SS LW. Analyzed the data: QZ TY SWF SS AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APK SW JB. Wrote the paper: QZ SS AL. Provide patient samples: AK.