About the Authors

Bo-Hai Wu

Affiliations Department of Orthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China, Center for Craniofacial Stem Cell Research and Regeneration, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China

Xiao-Xing Kou

Affiliations Department of Orthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China, Center for Craniofacial Stem Cell Research and Regeneration, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China

Ci Zhang

Affiliations Department of Orthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China, Center for Craniofacial Stem Cell Research and Regeneration, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China

Yi-Mei Zhang

Affiliations Department of Orthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China, Center for Craniofacial Stem Cell Research and Regeneration, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China

Zhen Cui

Affiliations Department of Orthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China, Center for Craniofacial Stem Cell Research and Regeneration, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China

Xue-Dong Wang

Affiliations Department of Orthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China, Center for Craniofacial Stem Cell Research and Regeneration, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China

Yan Liu

Affiliations Department of Orthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China, Center for Craniofacial Stem Cell Research and Regeneration, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China

Da-Wei Liu

yanhengzhou@vip.163.com (YHZ); liudawei@bjmu.edu.cn (DWL)

Affiliations Department of Orthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China, Center for Craniofacial Stem Cell Research and Regeneration, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China

Yan-Heng Zhou

yanhengzhou@vip.163.com (YHZ); liudawei@bjmu.edu.cn (DWL)

Affiliations Department of Orthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China, Center for Craniofacial Stem Cell Research and Regeneration, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: BHW DWL YHZ. Data curation: BHW DWL YHZ. Formal analysis: BHW XXK XDW YL DWL YHZ. Funding acquisition: XXK XDW YL YHZ. Investigation: BHW CZ YMZ ZC. Methodology: BHW. Project administration: BHW DWL YHZ. Resources: BHW CZ YMZ ZC. Software: BHW XXK CZ YMZ ZC. Supervision: DWL YHZ. Validation: BHW DWL YHZ. Visualization: BHW XXK XDW YL DWL YHZ. Writing – original draft: BHW. Writing – review & editing: BHW XXK CZ YMZ ZC XDW YL DWL YHZ.