About the Authors

Zhen Ma

Current address: Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Huaxiao Yang

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Honghai Liu

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Meifeng Xu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Raymond B. Runyan

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Carol A. Eisenberg

Affiliation New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center Stem Cell Laboratory, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Roger R. Markwald

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Thomas K. Borg

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Bruce Z. Gao

zgao@clemson.edu

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZM TKB BZG. Performed the experiments: ZM HY. Analyzed the data: ZM HY HL MX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MX RBR CAE RRM BZG. Wrote the paper: ZM MX BZG.