About the Authors
- Kaifeng Yin
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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
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Affiliation Department of Operative and Endodontics, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
- Xin Wen
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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
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Affiliation Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America
- Manoocher Soleimani
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Research Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Ira Kurtz
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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
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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
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Affiliation School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Michael L. Paine
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* E-mail: 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.