About the Authors

Nahoko Shintani

Affiliation Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Clinical Research, Center of Regenerative Medicine for Skeletal Tissues, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Klaus A. Siebenrock

Affiliation Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Clinical Research, Center of Regenerative Medicine for Skeletal Tissues, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Ernst B. Hunziker

ernst.hunziker@dkf.unibe.ch

Affiliation Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Clinical Research, Center of Regenerative Medicine for Skeletal Tissues, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NS EBH. Performed the experiments: NS EBH. Analyzed the data: NS EBH. Wrote the paper: NS EBH. Critical input: KAS.