About the Authors

Mohamad Masoumy

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Jack Yu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Jun Yao Liu

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Nathan Yanasak

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Imaging, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Christopher Middleton

Affiliation Cancer Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Folami Lamoke

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Mahmood S. Mozaffari

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Babak Baban

bbaban@gru.edu

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Oral Biology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Masoumy JYL JY M. Mozaffari CM NY BB. Analyzed the data: M. Masoumy JYL JY CM NY FL BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JY CM NY FL BB. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: M. Masoumy JY BB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: M. Masoumy JY NY CM BB. Criteria for authorship read and met: M. Masoumy JY JYL NY CM FL M. Mozaffari BB. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: M. Masoumy JY JYL NY CM FL M. Mozaffari BB.