About the Authors

Han-Ching Tseng

Contributed equally to this work with: Han-Ching Tseng, Aida Arasteh, Avina Paranjpe, Antonia Teruel

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry and Medicine, The Jane and Jerry Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Aida Arasteh

Contributed equally to this work with: Han-Ching Tseng, Aida Arasteh, Avina Paranjpe, Antonia Teruel

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry and Medicine, The Jane and Jerry Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Avina Paranjpe

Contributed equally to this work with: Han-Ching Tseng, Aida Arasteh, Avina Paranjpe, Antonia Teruel

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry and Medicine, The Jane and Jerry Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Antonia Teruel

Contributed equally to this work with: Han-Ching Tseng, Aida Arasteh, Avina Paranjpe, Antonia Teruel

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry and Medicine, The Jane and Jerry Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Wendy Yang

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry and Medicine, The Jane and Jerry Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Armin Behel

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry and Medicine, The Jane and Jerry Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jackelyn A. Alva

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics (MIMG), School of Dentistry and Medicine, Broad Stem Cell Research Center (BSCRC), University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Gina Walter

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry and Medicine, The Jane and Jerry Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Christian Head

Affiliations Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Dentistry and Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, School of Dentistry and Medicine, The Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Tomo-o Ishikawa

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Dentistry and Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Harvey R. Herschman

Affiliations School of Dentistry and Medicine, The Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Dentistry and Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nicholas Cacalano

Affiliations School of Dentistry and Medicine, The Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Dentistry and Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

April D. Pyle

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics (MIMG), School of Dentistry and Medicine, Broad Stem Cell Research Center (BSCRC), University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, School of Dentistry and Medicine, The Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

No-Hee Park

Affiliations Division of Oral Biology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry and Medicine, The Jane and Jerry Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, School of Dentistry and Medicine, The Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Anahid Jewett

ajewett@ucla.edu

Affiliations Division of Oral Biology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry and Medicine, The Jane and Jerry Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, School of Dentistry and Medicine, The Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HCT AA NAC AJ. Performed the experiments: HCT AA AP AT WY AB JAA GW AP. Analyzed the data: HCT AA AP AT WY AB AJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAA CH TI HRH AP NHP. Wrote the paper: HCT AA AP NAC AP AJ.