About the Authors
- Mercedes F. Rivera
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Ju-Youn Lee
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Affiliations Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea
- Monika Aneja
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Vishalkant Goswami
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Liying Liu
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Irina M. Velsko
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Sasanka S. Chukkapalli
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Indraneel Bhattacharyya
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Affiliation Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Hao Chen
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Alexandra R. Lucas
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Lakshmyya N. Kesavalu
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* E-mail: Kesavalu@dental.ufl.edu
Affiliations Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LK ARL. Performed the experiments: LK ARL MR JYL MA LL IV SC VG IB HC. Analyzed the data: LK ARL MR IV SC. Wrote the paper: LK ARL MR IV SC.