About the Authors

Lav Darda

Affiliation Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Fahad Hakami

Affiliation Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Richard Morgan

Affiliation Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom

Craig Murdoch

Affiliation Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine & Surgery, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Daniel W. Lambert

Affiliation Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Keith D. Hunter

k.hunter@sheffield.ac.uk

Affiliations Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Department of Oral Pathology and Biology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LD FH RM CM DWL KDH. Performed the experiments: LD FH. Analyzed the data: LD FH RM CM DWL KDH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CR CM DWL KDH. Wrote the paper: LD FH RM CM DWL KDH.