About the Authors

Ying Hu

Affiliation Department of Reconstructive Sciences, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

I-Ping Chen

Affiliation Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Salome de Almeida

Affiliation Medical Genetics Service, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa, Central, Portugal

Valdenize Tiziani

Affiliation Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú, Brazil

Cassio M. Raposo Do Amaral

Affiliation Instituto de Cirurgia Plástica Cranio-facial - SOBRAPAR, Campinas, Brazil

Kalpana Gowrishankar

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Maria Rita Passos-Bueno

Affiliation Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ernst J. Reichenberger

 reichenberger@uchc.edu

Affiliation Department of Reconstructive Sciences, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EJR. Performed the experiments: YH. Analyzed the data: YH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IPC SdA VT CMRA KG MRPB. Wrote the manuscript: YH EJR.