About the Authors

Wei Luo

Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Cun-Yu Wang

Affiliation University of California Los Angeles, School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Lijian Jin

ljjin@hkucc.hku.hk

Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJJ WL CYW. Performed the experiments: WL. Analyzed the data: WL LJJ CYW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LJJ CYW. Wrote the paper: WL LJJ.