About the Authors

Raja Chakraborty

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Sai Prasad Pydi

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Scott Gleim

Affiliation Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Shyamala Dakshinamurti

Affiliations Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

John Hwa

Affiliation Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Prashen Chelikani

chelikan@cc.umanitoba.ca

Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC SPP PC. Performed the experiments: RC SPP. Analyzed the data: RC SPP SG SD JH PC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG SD. Wrote the paper: RC SPP JH PC.