About the Authors

Xiao Xiao Tang

Affiliation Epithelial Cell Biology Research Center, School of Biomedial Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

Hao Chen

Affiliation Epithelial Cell Biology Research Center, School of Biomedial Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

Sidney Yu

Affiliation Epithelial Cell Biology Research Center, School of Biomedial Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

Li Zhang

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Michael J. Caplan

hsiaocchan@cuhk.edu.hk (HCC); michael.caplan@yale.edu (MJC)

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Hsiao Chang Chan

hsiaocchan@cuhk.edu.hk (HCC); michael.caplan@yale.edu (MJC)

Affiliations Epithelial Cell Biology Research Center, School of Biomedial Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of the Ministry of Education of China, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: XXT HC SY LZ. Wrote the paper: MC HCC.