About the Authors

Thaleia Kouskoura

Affiliations Orofacial Development and Regeneration, Institute of Oral Biology, Center for Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Anastasiia Kozlova

Affiliation Orofacial Development and Regeneration, Institute of Oral Biology, Center for Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Maria Alexiou

Affiliation Orofacial Development and Regeneration, Institute of Oral Biology, Center for Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Susanne Blumer

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Vasiliki Zouvelou

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Christos Katsaros

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Matthias Chiquet

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Thimios A. Mitsiadis

Affiliation Orofacial Development and Regeneration, Institute of Oral Biology, Center for Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Daniel Graf

daniel.graf@zzm.uzh.ch

Affiliation Orofacial Development and Regeneration, Institute of Oral Biology, Center for Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK MC TAM DG. Performed the experiments: TK AK MA SB VZ DG. Analyzed the data: TK VZ CK MC TAM DG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DG. Wrote the paper: TK MC TAM DG.