About the Authors

Xuguang Nie

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Regeneration, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Jinxuan Zheng

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Regeneration, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Christopher L. Ricupero

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Regeneration, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Ling He

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Center for Craniofacial Regeneration, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Kai Jiao

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliation University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Genetics, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Jeremy J. Mao

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jm2654@cumc.columbia.edu

Affiliations Center for Craniofacial Regeneration, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.