About the Authors

Diego A. Vargas

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Meng Sun

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Khikmet Sadykov

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Maria A. Kukuruzinska

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Muhammad H. Zaman

zaman@bu.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAV MAK. Performed the experiments: DAV MS KS. Analyzed the data: DAV MS MAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAK MHZ. Wrote the paper: DAV MAK MHZ.