About the Authors
- Xiaofang Wang
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Suzhen Wang
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Changcheng Li
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Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Tian Gao
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Ying Liu
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Afsaneh Rangiani
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Yao Sun
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Jianjun Hao
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Affiliation Department of Craniofacial Sciences, Division of Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America
- Anne George
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Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Yongbo Lu
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Jay Groppe
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Baozhi Yuan
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Centers, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Jian Q. Feng
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Chunlin Qin
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* E-mail: cqin@bcd.tamhsc.edu
Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: X Wang, C Qin. Performed the experiments: X Wang, S Wang, C Li, T Gao, Y Liu, A Rangiani, Y Sun, B Yuan. Analyzed the data: X Wang, C Qin, JQ Feng, Y Lu, J Groppe, B Yuan. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J Hao, A George, JQ Feng, B Yuan. Wrote the paper: X Wang, C Qin, JQ Feng.