About the Authors

Heng Yang

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

Raydolfo M. Aprecio

Affiliation Center for Dental Research, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Xiaodong Zhou

Affiliation Center for Dental Research, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Qi Wang

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

Wu Zhang

Affiliation Center for Dental Research, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Yi Ding

jessie.yh@163.com

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Yiming Li

Affiliation Center for Dental Research, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HY RA XZ QW WZ YL YD. Performed the experiments: HY RA XZ WZ. Analyzed the data: HY XZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HY RA XZ WZ. Wrote the paper: HY.