About the Authors

Kaifeng Yin

Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Yuejuan Lei

Affiliation Department of Operative and Endodontics, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Xin Wen

Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Rodrigo S. Lacruz

Affiliation Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Manoocher Soleimani

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Research Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Ira Kurtz

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Malcolm L. Snead

Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Shane N. White

Affiliation School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Michael L. Paine

paine@usc.edu

Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KY XW RSL MLS SNW MLP. Performed the experiments: KY YL. Analyzed the data: KY SNW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLP MS MLS. Wrote the paper: KY RSL IK MLS SNW MLP.