About the Authors

Rene F. Chun

rchun@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliation UCLA and Orthopaedic Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Orthopaedic Hospital Research Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Bradford E. Peercy

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

John S. Adams

Affiliations UCLA and Orthopaedic Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Orthopaedic Hospital Research Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Martin Hewison

Affiliations UCLA and Orthopaedic Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Orthopaedic Hospital Research Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RFC BEP JSA MH. Performed the experiments: RFC BEP. Analyzed the data: RFC BEP JSA MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RFC BEP. Wrote the paper: RFC BEP JSA MH. Designed model concepts: RFC BEP. Developed math equations to implement model: BEP. Programmed software to solve math equations: BEP.