About the Authors

Jayakumar Rajadas

jayraja@stanford.edu (J. Rajadas); rifkindj@mail.nih.gov (J. Rifkind)

Affiliation Biomaterials and Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Wenchao Sun

Affiliation Biomaterials and Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Hai Li

Affiliation Biomaterials and Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Mohammed Inayathullah

Affiliation Biomaterials and Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Damiano Cereghetti

Affiliation Biomaterials and Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Aaron Tan

Affiliation Centre for Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine, UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, UCL Medical School, University College London, United Kingdom

Valeria de Mello Coelho

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Francis J. Chrest

Affiliation Research Resources Branch, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

John W. Kusiak

Affiliation Research Resources Branch, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Wanli Wei Smith

Affiliation Research Resources Branch, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Dennis Taub

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Joseph C. Wu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Joseph M. Rifkind

jayraja@stanford.edu (J. Rajadas); rifkindj@mail.nih.gov (J. Rifkind)

Affiliation Molecular Dynamics Section, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J. Rajadas, W. Sun, J. Rifkind. Performed the experiments: J. Rajadas W. Sun HL MI VMC FJC W. Smith. Analyzed the data: J. Rajadas W. Sun HL MI DC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AT JWK DT JCW J. Rifkind. Wrote the paper: J. Rajadas W. Sun J. Rifkind.