About the Authors

Chen Zhao

Affiliations Departments of Clinical Hematology, Cell Biology and Oncology, the Affiliated Southwest Hospital of the Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China, Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ningning Wu

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Stem Cell Biology and Therapy Laboratory of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Fang Deng

Affiliations Departments of Clinical Hematology, Cell Biology and Oncology, the Affiliated Southwest Hospital of the Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China, Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Hongmei Zhang

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine and the Affiliated Hospitals of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Ning Wang

Affiliations Departments of Clinical Hematology, Cell Biology and Oncology, the Affiliated Southwest Hospital of the Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China, Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Wenwen Zhang

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Bingzhou Medical University, Yantai, China

Xian Chen

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine and the Affiliated Hospitals of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Sheng Wen

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Stem Cell Biology and Therapy Laboratory of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Junhui Zhang

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine and the Affiliated Hospitals of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Liangjun Yin

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine and the Affiliated Hospitals of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Zhan Liao

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Affiliated Xiang-Ya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China

Zhonglin Zhang

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Surgery, the Affiliated Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Qian Zhang

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Stem Cell Biology and Therapy Laboratory of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Zhengjian Yan

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine and the Affiliated Hospitals of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Wei Liu

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Stem Cell Biology and Therapy Laboratory of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Di Wu

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jixing Ye

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, School of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

Youlin Deng

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine and the Affiliated Hospitals of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Guolin Zhou

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Hue H. Luu

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Rex C. Haydon

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Weike Si

weikesi2004@hotmail.com (WS); tche@uchicago.edu (TCH)

Affiliations Departments of Clinical Hematology, Cell Biology and Oncology, the Affiliated Southwest Hospital of the Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China, Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Tong-Chuan He

weikesi2004@hotmail.com (WS); tche@uchicago.edu (TCH)

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Stem Cell Biology and Therapy Laboratory of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CZ N. Wu FD TCH WS RCH HHL. Performed the experiments: N. Wu CZ FD HZ XC SW WZ JZ N. Wang. Analyzed the data: N. Wu GZ CZ TCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LY ZL ZZ QZ ZY WL DW JY YD N. Wang. Wrote the paper: TCH N. Wu CZ RCH WS.