About the Authors

Zhihong Dong

Affiliation Angiogenesis Research Laboratory, Department of Restorative Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Atsushi Imai

Affiliation Angiogenesis Research Laboratory, Department of Restorative Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Sudha Krishnamurthy

Affiliation Angiogenesis Research Laboratory, Department of Restorative Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Zhaocheng Zhang

Affiliation Angiogenesis Research Laboratory, Department of Restorative Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Benjamin D. Zeitlin

Affiliation Angiogenesis Research Laboratory, Department of Restorative Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Jacques E. Nör

jenor@umich.edu

Affiliations Angiogenesis Research Laboratory, Department of Restorative Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan College of Engineering, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZD AI SK JEN. Performed the experiments: ZD AI SK ZZ BDZ. Analyzed the data: ZD AI SK ZZ BDZ JEN. Wrote the paper: ZD AI SK ZZ BDZ JEN.