About the Authors

Rogerio M. Castilho

Affiliations Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Cristiane H. Squarize

Affiliations Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Kantima Leelahavanichkul

Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Yi Zheng

Affiliation Division of Experimental Hematology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Thomas Bugge

Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

J. Silvio Gutkind

sg39v@nih.gov

Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMC CHS THB JSG. Performed the experiments: RMC CHS KL THB. Analyzed the data: RMC CHS KL YZ THB JSG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMC CHS KL YZ THB. Wrote the paper: RMC CHS THB JSG.