About the Authors

Haitao Shen

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California, Sacramento, California, United States of America, Laboratory of Pathology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China

Patricia E. de Almeida

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Kyung H. Kang

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Pamela Yao

Affiliation Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Camie W. Chan

camchan@hku.hk

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California, Sacramento, California, United States of America, Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Consortium, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS CWC. Performed the experiments: HS PA KHK PY. Analyzed the data: HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KHK PY. Wrote the paper: HS PA CWC.