About the Authors

Yaling Liu

Affiliation Department of Reconstructive Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Sara Strecker

Affiliation Department of Reconstructive Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Liping Wang

Affiliation Department of Reconstructive Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Mark S. Kronenberg

Affiliation Department of Reconstructive Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Wen Wang

Affiliation Department of Reconstructive Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

David W. Rowe

Affiliation Department of Reconstructive Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Peter Maye

pmaye@neuron.uchc.edu

Affiliation Department of Reconstructive Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM. Performed the experiments: YL SS LW WW MSK. Analyzed the data: PM MSK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM DWR. Wrote the paper: PM MSK.