About the Authors

Roman Szabo

Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Katiuchia Uzzun Sales

Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Peter Kosa

Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Natalia A. Shylo

Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sine Godiksen

Affiliations Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Karina K. Hansen

Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Stine Friis

Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

J. Silvio Gutkind

Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Lotte K. Vogel

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Edith Hummler

Affiliation Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, University de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Eric Camerer

Affiliations INSERM U970, Paris Cardiovascular Research Centre, Paris, France, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France

Thomas H. Bugge

thomas.bugge@nih.gov

Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS THB JSG. Performed the experiments: RS KUS PK NAS SG EC KKH SF. Analyzed the data: RS KUS PK NAS EC THB KKH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG LKV EH. Wrote the paper: RS THB.