About the Authors

Jiahong Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiahong Zhu, Xinyi Mu

These authors should be considered co-first authors.

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Xinyi Mu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiahong Zhu, Xinyi Mu

These authors should be considered co-first authors.

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Jin Zeng

Affiliation The Land Force Lintong Sanatorium, Xi’an, Shanxi, China

Chunyan Xu

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Jun Liu

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Mengsi Zhang

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Chengpeng Li

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Jie Chen

Affiliation Chongqing Stem Cell Therapy Engineering Technical Center, Chongqing, China

Tinyu Li

Affiliation Chongqing Stem Cell Therapy Engineering Technical Center, Chongqing, China

Yaping Wang

ypwangcq@aliyun.com

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHZ YPW. Performed the experiments: JHZ XYM JZ MSZ CPL CYX JL JC TYL. Analyzed the data: JZ JHZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZJH XYM JZ. Wrote the paper: JHZ XYM.