About the Authors

Matthew R. Pawlus

Affiliation Molecular Biology Graduate Program, School of Dental Medicine University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Liyi Wang

Affiliation Department of Craniofacial Biology, School of Dental Medicine University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Aya Murakami

Affiliation Molecular Biology Graduate Program, School of Dental Medicine University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Guanhai Dai

Affiliation Institute of Basic Research, Zhejiang Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Cheng-Jun Hu

Cheng-jun.hu@ucdenver.edu

Affiliations Molecular Biology Graduate Program, School of Dental Medicine University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Craniofacial Biology, School of Dental Medicine University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CH MP. Performed the experiments: MP LW AM GD. Analyzed the data: MP CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP LW. Wrote the manuscript: MP CH.