About the Authors

Pei-Shi Hung

Contributed equally to this work with: Pei-Shi Hung, Chung-Ji Liu

Affiliations Department of Surgery National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yi-Lan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yi-Lan, Taiwan, Institute of Oral Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chung-Ji Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Pei-Shi Hung, Chung-Ji Liu

Affiliations Institute of Oral Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Taipei Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chung-Shan Chou

Affiliation Institute of Oral Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shou-Yen Kao

Affiliations Institute of Oral Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Stomatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Cheng-Chieh Yang

Affiliations Institute of Oral Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Stomatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Kuo-Wei Chang

Affiliations Institute of Oral Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Stomatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ting-Hui Chiu

Affiliation Institute of Oral Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shu-Chun Lin

sclin@ym.edu.tw

Affiliations Institute of Oral Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Stomatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PSH KWC SCL. Performed the experiments: PSH CJL CSC. Analyzed the data: CCY THC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJL SYK CCY SCL. Wrote the paper: PSH KWC SCL.