About the Authors

Martha E. Arellano-Garcia

Affiliation School of Dentistry and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kaori Misuno

Affiliation School of Dentistry and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Simon D. Tran

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

Shen Hu

shenhu@ucla.edu

Affiliation School of Dentistry and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MEA-G SDT SH. Performed the experiments: MEA-G KM. Analyzed the data: MEA-G KM SDT SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MEA-G KM SDT SH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MEA-G SDT SH.