About the Authors

Chi Zhang

Chi5.Zhang@utsouthwestern.edu

Affiliations Bone Research Laboratory, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Wanjin Tang

Affiliation Bone Research Laboratory, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Yang Li

Affiliation Bone Research Laboratory, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Fan Yang

Affiliation Bone Research Laboratory, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Diane R. Dowd

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Paul N. MacDonald

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CZ PNM. Performed the experiments: CZ WT YL FY DRD PNM. Analyzed the data: CZ PNM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PNM. Wrote the paper: CZ WT DRD PNM.