About the Authors

Yuhong Zou

Affiliation Department of Biology, Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Qi Bao

Affiliation Department of Biology, Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Sudhanshu Kumar

Affiliation Department of Biology, Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Min Hu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Guo-Ying Wang

Affiliation Department of Biology, Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Guoli Dai

gdai@iupui.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GD YZ. Performed the experiments: GD YZ QB SK MH GW. Analyzed the data: GD YZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ. Wrote the paper: GD YZ.