About the Authors

Jia Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jia Liu, Liying Wang, Wenjia Liu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Center for Tissue Engineering, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Liying Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jia Liu, Liying Wang, Wenjia Liu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Center for Tissue Engineering, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Wenjia Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jia Liu, Liying Wang, Wenjia Liu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Center for Tissue Engineering, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, Research and Development Center for Tissue Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Qiang Li

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of General Dentistry & Emergency, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Zuolin Jin

zuolinj@fmmu.edu.cn (ZJ); yanjin@fmmu.edu.cn (YJ)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Yan Jin

zuolinj@fmmu.edu.cn (ZJ); yanjin@fmmu.edu.cn (YJ)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Center for Tissue Engineering, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, Research and Development Center for Tissue Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YJ ZJ JL LW WL. Performed the experiments: JL LW. Analyzed the data: JL WL QL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JL. Interpreted the findings: WL ZJ YJ.