About the Authors

Ling-Ling Zhu

Affiliations School of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China, The Mount Sinai Bone Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Jay Cao

Affiliation Human Nutrition Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America

Merry Sun

Affiliation The Mount Sinai Bone Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Tony Yuen

Affiliation The Mount Sinai Bone Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Raymond Zhou

Affiliation The Mount Sinai Bone Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Jianhua Li

Affiliation The Mount Sinai Bone Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Yuanzhen Peng

Affiliation The Mount Sinai Bone Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Surinder S. Moonga

Affiliation The Mount Sinai Bone Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Lida Guo

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jeffrey I. Mechanick

Affiliation The Mount Sinai Bone Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Jameel Iqbal

Affiliation The Mount Sinai Bone Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Liu Peng

Affiliation School of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Harry C. Blair

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Zhuan Bian

mone.zaidi@mssm.edu (MZ); kqyywjtx@hotmail.com (ZB)

Affiliation School of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Mone Zaidi

mone.zaidi@mssm.edu (MZ); kqyywjtx@hotmail.com (ZB)

Affiliation The Mount Sinai Bone Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LP HCB MZ. Performed the experiments: LZ JC MS RZ JL YP SSM. Analyzed the data: LZ TY LG JIM JI . Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LP HCB MZ. Wrote the paper: ZB MZ.