About the Authors

Emily Durham

Affiliation Departments of Oral Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Serena Jen

Affiliation School of Medicine, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Lin Wang

Affiliation Institute for Plastic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Joseph Nasworthy

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Mohammed Elsalanty

Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Institute for Regenerative and Reparative Medicine, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Seth Weinberg

Affiliations Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jack Yu

Affiliations Institute for Regenerative and Reparative Medicine, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

James Cray

crayj@musc.edu

Affiliation Departments of Oral Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC ED SW ME JY. Performed the experiments: JC ED SJ LW JN. Analyzed the data: JC ED. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC. Wrote the paper: JC ED SJ SW ME JY.