About the Authors

Manjunatha R. Benakanakere

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jiawei Zhao

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Johnah C. Galicia

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Michael Martin

Affiliation School of Dentistry, Oral Health and Systemic Disease Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Denis F. Kinane

dfkinane@dental.upenn.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB MM DK. Performed the experiments: MB JZ. Analyzed the data: MB JZ JG MM DK. Wrote the paper: MB DK.