About the Authors

Peng Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Peng Xu, Anling Zhang

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Post-trauma Neuro-repair and Regeneration in Central Nervous System, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Injuries, Variations and Regeneration of Nervous System, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

Anling Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Peng Xu, Anling Zhang

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Post-trauma Neuro-repair and Regeneration in Central Nervous System, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Injuries, Variations and Regeneration of Nervous System, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

Rongcai Jiang

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Post-trauma Neuro-repair and Regeneration in Central Nervous System, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Injuries, Variations and Regeneration of Nervous System, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

Mingzhe Qiu

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Post-trauma Neuro-repair and Regeneration in Central Nervous System, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Injuries, Variations and Regeneration of Nervous System, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

Chunsheng Kang

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Post-trauma Neuro-repair and Regeneration in Central Nervous System, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Injuries, Variations and Regeneration of Nervous System, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

Zhifan Jia

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Post-trauma Neuro-repair and Regeneration in Central Nervous System, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Injuries, Variations and Regeneration of Nervous System, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

Guangxiu Wang

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Post-trauma Neuro-repair and Regeneration in Central Nervous System, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Injuries, Variations and Regeneration of Nervous System, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

Lei Han

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Post-trauma Neuro-repair and Regeneration in Central Nervous System, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Injuries, Variations and Regeneration of Nervous System, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

Xing Fan

xingf@med.umich.edu (XF); pupeiyu33@hotmail.com (PYP)

Affiliation Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Neurosurgery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Peiyu Pu

xingf@med.umich.edu (XF); pupeiyu33@hotmail.com (PYP)

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Post-trauma Neuro-repair and Regeneration in Central Nervous System, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Injuries, Variations and Regeneration of Nervous System, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PYP XF. Performed the experiments: PX ALZ. Analyzed the data: RCJ MZQ CSK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GXW ZFJ LH. Wrote the paper: PX.