About the Authors

Saeed Khalili

Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Younan Liu

Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Mara Kornete

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and FOCIS Centre of Excellence, Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Nienke Roescher

Affiliation Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Shohta Kodama

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan

Alan Peterson

Affiliation Molecular Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ciriaco A. Piccirillo

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and FOCIS Centre of Excellence, Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Simon D. Tran

simon.tran@mcgill.ca

Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: S. Khalili YL MK S. Kodama AP CP ST. Performed the experiments: S. Khalili YL MK AP S. Kodama ST. Analyzed the data: S. Khalili YL MK ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: S. Khalili YL MK NR AP CP ST. Wrote the paper: S. Khalili YL MK NR AP CP ST. Designed and performed experiments and wrote the manuscript: S. Khalili YL MK. Proofread manuscript: AP ST. Designed one experiment and wrote a paragraph in discussion: CP.