About the Authors
- Zhousheng Xiao
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, 38165, United States of America
- Li Cao
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, 38165, United States of America
- Yingjuan Liang
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, 38165, United States of America
- Jinsong Huang
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, 38165, United States of America
- Amber Rath Stern
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Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States of America, Engineering Systems, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, 28227, United States of America
- Mark Dallas
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Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States of America
- Mark Johnson
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Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States of America
- Leigh Darryl Quarles
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* E-mail: dquarles@uthsc.edu
Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, 38165, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. Amber Rath Stern is employed by a commercial company, Engineering Systems, Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ZSX ARS MJ LDQ. Performed the experiments: ZSX LC YJL JSH MD. Analyzed the data: ZSX JSH ARS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZSX ARS MJ LDQ. Wrote the paper: ZSX ARS LDQ.