About the Authors

Guangliang Cao

Affiliation Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Department of Anatomy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Minxia Gu

Affiliation Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Department of Anatomy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Min Zhu

Affiliation The Research Center for Bone and Stem Cells, Department of Anatomy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Junying Gao

Affiliation Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Department of Anatomy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Ying Yin

Affiliation The Research Center for Bone and Stem Cells, Department of Anatomy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Charles Marshall

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Kentucky Center For Excellence in Rural Health, Hazard, Kentucky, United States of America

Ming Xiao

mingx@njmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Department of Anatomy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Jiong Ding

Affiliation Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Department of Anatomy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Dengshun Miao

Affiliation The Research Center for Bone and Stem Cells, Department of Anatomy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MX. Performed the experiments: GC MG MZ. Analyzed the data: JD DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG YY. Wrote the paper: MX CM.