About the Authors

Lingbo Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Lingbo Zhang, Kezheng Wang

Affiliation Stomatology Department, Institute of Hard Tissue Development and Regeneration, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Kezheng Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Lingbo Zhang, Kezheng Wang

Affiliation Radiology Department and Molecular Imaging Center, 4th Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Falin Zhao

Affiliation School of Health Management, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Weiping Hu

Affiliation Stomatology Department, Institute of Hard Tissue Development and Regeneration, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Junjie Chen

Affiliation Division of Cardiology and C-TRAIN, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Gregory M. Lanza

Affiliation Division of Cardiology and C-TRAIN, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Baozhong Shen

baozhongshen@gmail.com (BS); zhangbinhmu@gmail.com (BZ)

Affiliation Radiology Department and Molecular Imaging Center, 4th Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Bin Zhang

baozhongshen@gmail.com (BS); zhangbinhmu@gmail.com (BZ)

Affiliation Stomatology Department, Institute of Hard Tissue Development and Regeneration, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ KW JC GL BS BZ. Performed the experiments: LZ KW FZ JC. Analyzed the data: LZ FZ KW WH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ KW WH GL BS BZ. Wrote the paper: LZ KW GL BZ.