About the Authors

Jiachuan Pan

Affiliations Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Ali Adem Bahar

Affiliations Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Haseeba Syed

Affiliations Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Dacheng Ren

dren@syr.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP DR. Performed the experiments: JP HS AAB. Analyzed the data: JP HS AAB DR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP HS AAB DR. Wrote the paper: JP DR.