About the Authors
- Wataru Sonoyama
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Contributed equally to this work with: Wataru Sonoyama, Yi Liu
Affiliations Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Yi Liu
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Contributed equally to this work with: Wataru Sonoyama, Yi Liu
Affiliation Salivary Gland Disease Center and the Molecular Laboratory for Gene Therapy, Capital Medical University School of Stomatology, Beijing, China
- Dianji Fang
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Affiliation Salivary Gland Disease Center and the Molecular Laboratory for Gene Therapy, Capital Medical University School of Stomatology, Beijing, China
- Takayoshi Yamaza
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Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Byoung-Moo Seo
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Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- Chunmei Zhang
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Affiliation Salivary Gland Disease Center and the Molecular Laboratory for Gene Therapy, Capital Medical University School of Stomatology, Beijing, China
- He Liu
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Affiliation Peking University School of Stomatology, Beijing, China
- Stan Gronthos
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Affiliation Mesenchymal Stem Cell Group, Division of Haematology, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Cun-Yu Wang
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Signaling and Apoptosis, Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences and Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Songtao Shi
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: songtaos@usc.edu songlinwang@dentist.org.cn
Affiliation Salivary Gland Disease Center and the Molecular Laboratory for Gene Therapy, Capital Medical University School of Stomatology, Beijing, China
- Songlin Wang
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: songtaos@usc.edu songlinwang@dentist.org.cn
Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California School of Dentistry, 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: CW SS WS YL DF SW BS SG. Performed the experiments: SS WS TY YL DF CZ BS HL. Analyzed the data: SS WS TY YL DF SW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CW SS CZ SW SG. Wrote the paper: SS SW.