About the Authors

Jesse E. Otero

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Tim Chen

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Kaihua Zhang

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Yousef Abu-Amer

abuamery@wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YA JEO. Performed the experiments: JEO TC KZ. Analyzed the data: JEO TC YA. Wrote the paper: YA JEO.