About the Authors

Xiaoying Wang

Affiliations Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, Aachen, Germany, Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Jie Qin

Affiliations Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, Aachen, Germany, Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Robert Chunhua Zhao

Affiliations Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, Center of Excellence in Tissue Engineering, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China

Martin Zenke

martin.zenke@rwth-aachen.de

Affiliations Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, Aachen, Germany, Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XW JQ RCZ MZ. Performed the experiments: XW JQ. Analyzed the data: XW JQ MZ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: XW JQ RCZ MZ.