About the Authors

Yanyu Huang

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences and Center for Craniofacial Research and Diagnosis, Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine, Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Tian Meng

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Center for Craniofacial Research and Diagnosis, Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Suzhen Wang

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Center for Craniofacial Research and Diagnosis, Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Hua Zhang

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Center for Craniofacial Research and Diagnosis, Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Gabriele Mues

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Center for Craniofacial Research and Diagnosis, Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Chunlin Qin

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Center for Craniofacial Research and Diagnosis, Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jian Q. Feng

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Center for Craniofacial Research and Diagnosis, Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Rena N. D'Souza

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences and Center for Craniofacial Research and Diagnosis, Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, The University of Utah School of Dentistry, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Yongbo Lu

ylu@bcd.tamhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Center for Craniofacial Research and Diagnosis, Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL YH. Performed the experiments: YH TM SW. Analyzed the data: YH GM YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HZ CQ JQF RND. Wrote the paper: YH YL.