About the Authors

Linlin He

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Faculty of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China

Nianlan Yang

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Carlos M. Isales

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Xing-Ming Shi

xshi@georgiahealth.edu

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LH NY CI XS. Performed the experiments: LH NY. Analyzed the data: LH NY CI XS. Wrote the paper: LH NY CI XS.