About the Authors

Shiqiao Ye

Affiliation Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Tristan W. Fowler

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Nathan J. Pavlos

Affiliation Center for Orthopedic Research, School of Surgery, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Pei Ying Ng

Affiliation Center for Orthopedic Research, School of Surgery, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Kai Liang

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Yunfeng Feng

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Minghao Zheng

Affiliation Center for Orthopedic Research, School of Surgery, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Richard Kurten

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Stavros C. Manolagas

Affiliation Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Haibo Zhao

hzhao@uams.edu

Affiliation Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ. Performed the experiments: SY TWF NJP PYN KL YF. Analyzed the data: MZ RK HZ. Wrote the paper: SCM HZ.