About the Authors

Yongxing Liu

Affiliation Center for Biomaterials, Department of Reconstructive Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

A. Jon Goldberg

Affiliation Center for Biomaterials, Department of Reconstructive Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

James E. Dennis

Affiliation Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Gloria A. Gronowicz

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Liisa T. Kuhn

Lkuhn@uchc.edu

Affiliation Center for Biomaterials, Department of Reconstructive Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LK JG GG JD. Performed the experiments: YL. Analyzed the data: YL LK GG JD. Wrote the paper: YL LK.