About the Authors

Lin Zhu

Affiliation Department of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Yifan Xu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Surgical Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Joseph J. Ferretti

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Jens Kreth

JKreth@ouhsc.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ JJF JK. Performed the experiments: LZ YX. Analyzed the data: LZ JK. Wrote the paper: LZ JK.