About the Authors

Christopher F. Dibble

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jeremy A. Horst

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, and Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Michael H. Malone

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Kun Park

Affiliation Department of Prosthodontics and the Dental Research Center, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Brenda Temple

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Holly Cheeseman

Affiliation Department of Prosthodontics and the Dental Research Center, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Justin R. Barbaro

Affiliation Department of Prosthodontics and the Dental Research Center, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Gary L. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Sompop Bencharit

Sompop_Bencharit@dentistry.unc.edu

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Prosthodontics and the Dental Research Center, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAH MM GLJ SB. Performed the experiments: CFD JAH MM KP BRST HC JB SB. Analyzed the data: CFD JAH MM BRST HC SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GLJ SB. Wrote the paper: CFD SB.