About the Authors

Zhichun Zhang

Affiliation Department of Cariology and Endodontology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing, PR China

Hua Tian

hua_tian@bjmu.edu.cn (HT); chunyanzhou@bjmu.edu.cn (CZ)

Affiliation Department of Cariology and Endodontology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing, PR China

Ping Lv

Affiliation Department of Cariology and Endodontology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing, PR China

Weiping Wang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, PR China

Zhuqing Jia

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, PR China

Sainan Wang

Affiliation Department of Cariology and Endodontology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing, PR China

Chunyan Zhou

hua_tian@bjmu.edu.cn (HT); chunyanzhou@bjmu.edu.cn (CZ)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, PR China

Xuejun Gao

Affiliation Department of Cariology and Endodontology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZ HT PL CZ XG. Performed the experiments: ZZ SW. Analyzed the data: ZZ HT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZZ HT PL ZJ CZ WW. Wrote the paper: ZZ HT CZ XG WW.