About the Authors

Christian R. Salazar

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, United States of America

Jinghua Sun

Affiliation Department of Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Yihong Li

yihong.li@hyu.edu (YL); yu.chen@nyumc.org (YC)

Affiliation Department of Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Fritz Francois

Affiliations Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, New York, United States of America, New York University Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Patricia Corby

Affiliation Department of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Guillermo Perez-Perez

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America

Ananda Dasanayake

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Zhiheng Pei

Affiliations Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Yu Chen

yihong.li@hyu.edu (YL); yu.chen@nyumc.org (YC)

Affiliations Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, New York, United States of America, New York University Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, New York, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YC YL FF AD. Performed the experiments: YC YL FF GPP PC. Analyzed the data: YC JS CRS YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL ZP GPP. Wrote the paper: CRS YC.