About the Authors

Chang-Peng Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Chang-Peng Xu, Xue Li

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Xue Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Chang-Peng Xu, Xue Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Bone and Cartilage Regenerative Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Jin-Qi Song

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Zhuang Cui

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Bin Yu

hospitalnanfang@163.com

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BY CPX. Performed the experiments: CPX XL JQS ZC BY. Analyzed the data: CPX XL BY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CPX XL JQS ZC BY. Wrote the manuscript: CPX XL BY. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: CPX BY XL JQS ZC. Criteria for authorship read and met: BY CPX XL JQS ZC. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: BY CPX XL JQS ZC.