About the Authors
- Irina M. Velsko
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Contributed equally to this work with: Irina M. Velsko, Sasanka S. Chukkapalli
Affiliation Department of Periodontology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Sasanka S. Chukkapalli
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Contributed equally to this work with: Irina M. Velsko, Sasanka S. Chukkapalli
Affiliation Department of Periodontology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Mercedes F. Rivera
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Ju-Youn Lee
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry Pusan National University, Yangsan City, Republic of Korea
- Hao Chen
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Donghang Zheng
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Indraneel Bhattacharyya
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Affiliation Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Pandu R. Gangula
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Oral Biology and Research, CWHR Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Alexandra R. Lucas
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Lakshmyya Kesavalu
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* E-mail: Kesavalu@dental.ufl.edu
Affiliations Department of Periodontology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LK ARL. Performed the experiments: IMV SSC MFR J-YL HC DZ IB PRG ARL LK. Analyzed the data: IMV MFR SSC IB PRG ARL LK. Wrote the paper: IMV MFR SSC PRG ARL LK.