About the Authors

Stian André Engen

s.a.engen@odont.uio.no

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Håkon Valen Rukke

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Simone Becattini

Affiliation Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona, Switzerland

David Jarrossay

Affiliation Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Inger Johanne Blix

Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Periodontology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Fernanda Cristina Petersen

Contributed equally to this work with: Fernanda Cristina Petersen, Federica Sallusto, Karl Schenck

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Federica Sallusto

Contributed equally to this work with: Fernanda Cristina Petersen, Federica Sallusto, Karl Schenck

Affiliation Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Karl Schenck

Contributed equally to this work with: Fernanda Cristina Petersen, Federica Sallusto, Karl Schenck

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAE HVR IJB FCP FS KS. Performed the experiments: SAE SB DJ. Analyzed the data: SAE HVR FCP FS KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAE HVR SB FCP FS KS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SAE FCP FS KS.