About the Authors

Baisheng Fu

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

Hongwei Wang

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jinhua Wang

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ivana Barouhas

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Wanqing Liu

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Adam Shuboy

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

David A. Bushinsky

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Dongsheng Zhou

sdgkxh@yahoo.com.cn (DZ); mfavus@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu (MJF)

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

Murray J. Favus

sdgkxh@yahoo.com.cn (DZ); mfavus@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu (MJF)

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BF HW DZ MJF. Performed the experiments: BF HW JW IB. Analyzed the data: BF HW JW WL DZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BF HW DAB DZ MJF. Wrote the paper: BF AS DZ MJF.