About the Authors

Weiqing Liu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Shiwen Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Dan Zhao

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Huawei Zou

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Ningyuan Sun

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Xing Liang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Michel Dard

Affiliation Department of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, United States of America

Beate Lanske

Affiliation Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Quan Yuan

yuanquan@scu.edu.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QY BL MD. Performed the experiments: WL SZ DZ HZ NS. Analyzed the data: WL XL QY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MD BL. Wrote the paper: WL BL QY.