About the Authors

Liao Cui

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drug, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong, China, Division of Radiobiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Ting Li

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drug, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong, China

Yuyu Liu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drug, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong, China

Le Zhou

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drug, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong, China

Pinghua Li

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drug, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong, China

Bilian Xu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drug, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong, China

Lianfang Huang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drug, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong, China

Yan Chen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drug, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong, China

Yanzhi Liu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drug, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong, China

Xiaoyan Tian

Affiliation Division of Radiobiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Webster S. S. Jee

Affiliation Division of Radiobiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Tie Wu

wutie2@163.com

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drug, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: LC WSSJ XT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC Yuyu Liu. Wrote the paper: LC WSSJ. Designed the research and are the PI persons: TW LC. Co-designed and reviewed and is supervisor for bone biology and bone histomorphemetry: WSSJ. Performed animal research: TL LC BX. Processed bone tissue and measurement: TL LH YC Yanzhi Liu. Performed cell culture and molecular biology study: Yuyu Liu PL LZ.