About the Authors

Hui-Yi Hsiao

Affiliations Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Center for Tissue Engineering, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Jia-Wei Liu

Affiliations Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Center for Tissue Engineering, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Eric M. Brey

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Research Service, Hines Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois, United States of America

Ming-Huei Cheng

minghueicheng@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Center for Tissue Engineering, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HYH EB MHC. Performed the experiments: HYH JWL. Analyzed the data: HYH JWL EB MHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HYH JWL MHC. Wrote the paper: HYH EB MHC.