About the Authors

Qiaoqiao Wan

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Wenxiao Xu

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Second Clinical Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Jing-long Yan

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Second Clinical Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Hiroki Yokota

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Sungsoo Na

sungna@iupui.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QW HY SN. Performed the experiments: QW WX. Analyzed the data: QW WX JY HY SN. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: QW HY SN.