About the Authors

Camilia R. Martin

cmartin1@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliations Department of Neonatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Translational Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Munir M. Zaman

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Calvin Gilkey

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Maria V. Salguero

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hatice Hasturk

Affiliation Department of Applied Oral Sciences, Center for Periodontology, Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alpdogan Kantarci

Affiliation Department of Applied Oral Sciences, Center for Periodontology, Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Thomas E. Van Dyke

Affiliation Department of Applied Oral Sciences, Center for Periodontology, Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Steven D. Freedman

Affiliations Division of Translational Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CRM MZ HH AK TEV SDF. Performed the experiments: CRM MZ CG MVS SDF. Analyzed the data: CRM CG MVS SDF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HH AK TEV. Wrote the paper: CRM SDF. Critical review of the final manuscript: CRM MZ HH AK TEV SDF.