*Laboratory of Orthopaedic Research
†Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chosun University Hospital
§Department of Premedical Science, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju
‡Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
B.K. and Y.J.C. contributed equally.
B.K., Y.J.C., and W.L.: designed and performed the research, analyzed and the interpreted data, and wrote the paper. B.K., Y.J.C., and M.P.: analyzed and interpreted the TRAP, RT-PCR, and Western blot data, and helped to draft some of the figures; performed in vitro and in vivo studies under the supervision of W.L., B.K., and Y.J.C.: performed and supervised RT-PCR and Western data analysis; performed micro-CT analysis and contributed to some of the figures. M.P.: assisted with the ELISA assay and performed histologic analysis under the supervision of W.L. Y.J.C.: performed a pathologic review of samples. W.L.: analyzed publicly available datasets and supervised the study.
Reprints: Wonbong Lim, Department of Premedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Dong-Gu, Gwangju 501-759, Korea (e-mail: [email protected]).
