About the Authors

Wenli Zhang

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Zhong-Liang Deng

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine designated by the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Affiliated Hospitals, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Liang Chen

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine designated by the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Affiliated Hospitals, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Guo-Wei Zuo

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine designated by the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Affiliated Hospitals, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Qing Luo

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Stem Cell Biology and Therapy Laboratory, The Pediatric Research Institute, the Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Qiong Shi

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Bing-Qiang Zhang

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine designated by the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Affiliated Hospitals, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Eric R. Wagner

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Farbod Rastegar

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Stephanie H. Kim

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Wei Jiang

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jikun Shen

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Enyi Huang

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, School of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

Yanhong Gao

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Geriatrics, Xinhua Hospital of Shanghai Jiatong University, Shanghai, China

Jian-Li Gao

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jian-Zhong Zhou

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jinyong Luo

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine designated by the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Affiliated Hospitals, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Jiayi Huang

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine designated by the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Affiliated Hospitals, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Xiaoji Luo

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine designated by the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Affiliated Hospitals, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Yang Bi

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Stem Cell Biology and Therapy Laboratory, The Pediatric Research Institute, the Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Yuxi Su

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Stem Cell Biology and Therapy Laboratory, The Pediatric Research Institute, the Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Ke Yang

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Hao Liu

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Hue H. Luu

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Rex C. Haydon

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Tong-Chuan He

tche@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu (TCH); hebaicheng99@yahoo.com (BCH)

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine designated by the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Affiliated Hospitals, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Stem Cell Biology and Therapy Laboratory, The Pediatric Research Institute, the Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Bai-Cheng He

tche@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu (TCH); hebaicheng99@yahoo.com (BCH)

Affiliations Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZLD QL JL XL HL HHL RCH TCH BCH. Performed the experiments: WZ LC GWZ QL QS BQZ ERW FR SHK WJ JS EH YG JLG JZZ JH YB YS KY BCH. Analyzed the data: WZ ZLD LC GWZ QS BQZ ERW FR SHK JS EH YG JLG JL JH XL YB YS HL HHL TCH BCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WZ ZLD LC GWZ QL QS BQZ ERW FR SHK WJ JS EH YG JLG JZZ JL JH XL YB YS KY HL RCH. Wrote the paper: ZLD ERW SHK HHL TCH BCH.