About the Authors

Mahmoud Osman Khalifa

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Stem Cell Biology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Molecular Bone Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Veterinary Medicine, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt

Chen Yan

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Biology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Yong Chai

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Jiangxi Provincial Children’s Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

Kosei Ito

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Molecular Bone Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Shou-Hua Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

zshouhua416@163.com (SHZ); litaoshe@nagasaki-u.ac.jp (TSL)

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Jiangxi Provincial Children’s Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

Tao-Sheng Li

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

zshouhua416@163.com (SHZ); litaoshe@nagasaki-u.ac.jp (TSL)

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Biology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.