About the Authors
- Weijie Wu
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Affiliations Department of Stomatology, Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China, Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, Sciences and Engineering School, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Shuping Gu
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Affiliation Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, Sciences and Engineering School, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Cheng Sun
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Affiliation Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, Sciences and Engineering School, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Wei He
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Affiliations Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, Sciences and Engineering School, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
- Xiaohua Xie
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Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Endodontics, Institute of Hard Tissue Development and Regeneration, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- Xihai Li
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Affiliations Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, Sciences and Engineering School, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Academy of Integrative Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China
- Wenduo Ye
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Affiliation Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, Sciences and Engineering School, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Chunlin Qin
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Yiping Chen
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Affiliation Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, Sciences and Engineering School, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Jing Xiao
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* E-mail: xiaoj@dlmedu.edu.cn (JX); cliu@bcd.tamhsc.edu (CL)
Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, College of Stomatology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
- Chao Liu
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* E-mail: xiaoj@dlmedu.edu.cn (JX); cliu@bcd.tamhsc.edu (CL)
Affiliations Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, Sciences and Engineering School, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Oral Biology, College of Stomatology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YC CQ JX CL. Performed the experiments: WW CS WH XX XL. Analyzed the data: SG WY CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YC CQ. Wrote the paper: CL.