About the Authors

Ji-Hee Kim

These authors are the co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Oral Science Research Center, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Mijeong Jeon

These authors are the co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Oral Science Research Center, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Je-Seon Song

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Oral Science Research Center, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Jae-Ho Lee

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Oral Science Research Center, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Byung-Jai Choi

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Oral Science Research Center, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Han-Sung Jung

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, Division in Histology, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Seok Jun Moon

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, Division in Pharmacology, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Pamela K. DenBesten

Affiliation Department of Orofacial Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Seong-Oh Kim

ksodds@yuhs.ac

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Oral Science Research Center, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SOK. Performed the experiments: MJ JSS SOK. Analyzed the data: JHK MJ JSS JHL BJC HSJ SJM SOK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PKD. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JHK MJ PKD SOK.