About the Authors

Fanhua Wei

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Institute of Pathogenic Biology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, China

Yuying Zhang

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Weiming Zhao

Affiliation Institute of Pathogenic Biology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, China

Xiuping Yu

Affiliation Institute of Pathogenic Biology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, China

Chuan-ju Liu

chuanju.liu@nyumc.org

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJL FHW. Performed the experiments: YYZ FHW. Analyzed the data: WMZ XPY CJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YYZ. Wrote the paper: YYZ CJL.