About the Authors

Yu-Chi Chang

Affiliation School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Wei-Fang Lee

Affiliation School of Dental Technology, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Sheng-Wei Feng

Affiliation School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Haw-Ming Huang

Affiliations School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials & Tissue Engineering, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Che-Tong Lin

Affiliations School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Dental Department, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Nai-Chia Teng

Affiliations School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Dental Department, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Wei Jen Chang

m8404006@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliations School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Dental Department of Taipei Medical University, Shuang-Ho Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WJC. Performed the experiments: YCC SWF. Analyzed the data: YCC WFL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HMH CTL NCT. Wrote the paper: YCC WJC. Obtained permission for use of cell line: HMH.