About the Authors

Shih-Kai Wang

Affiliation Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Hui-Chen Chan

Affiliation Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Igor Makovey

Affiliation Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

James P. Simmer

Affiliation Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Jan C-C. Hu

janhu@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: S-KW H-CC JPS JH. Performed the experiments: S-KW H-CC IM. Analyzed the data: S-KW H-CC JPS JH. Wrote the paper: S-KW JPS JH.