About the Authors

Linli Yao

Affiliations Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Department of Histology and Embryology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Enci Mary Kan

Affiliation Combat Casualty Care, Defence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore, Singapore

Charanjit Kaur

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

S. Thameem Dheen

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Aijun Hao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Department of Histology and Embryology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China

Jia Lu

Affiliation Combat Casualty Care, Defence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore, Singapore

Eng-Ang Ling

antlea@nus.edu.sg

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EAL. Performed the experiments: LY. Analyzed the data: LY CK STD AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CK. Wrote the paper: LY. Discussion and edited the manuscript: EMK JL.