About the Authors

Asiri R. Wijenayaka

Affiliation Bone Cell Biology Group, Discipline of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University of Adelaide, and the Hanson Institute, Adelaide, Australia

Masakazu Kogawa

Affiliation Bone Cell Biology Group, Discipline of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University of Adelaide, and the Hanson Institute, Adelaide, Australia

Hui Peng Lim

Affiliation Bone Cell Biology Group, Discipline of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University of Adelaide, and the Hanson Institute, Adelaide, Australia

Lynda F. Bonewald

Affiliation University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Biology, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

David M. Findlay

Affiliation Bone Cell Biology Group, Discipline of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University of Adelaide, and the Hanson Institute, Adelaide, Australia

Gerald J. Atkins

Gerald.atkins@adelaide.edu.au

Affiliation Bone Cell Biology Group, Discipline of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University of Adelaide, and the Hanson Institute, Adelaide, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GJA DMF. Performed the experiments: ARW MK HPL. Analyzed the data: GJA ARW MK DMF HPL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LFB. Wrote the paper: GJA ARW DMF MK LFB.