About the Authors

Paul P. Bonvallet

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Matthew J. Schultz

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Elizabeth H. Mitchell

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Jennifer L. Bain

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Bonnie K. Culpepper

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Steven J. Thomas

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Susan L. Bellis

jbain@uab.edu

Affiliations Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PPB SJT SLB. Performed the experiments: PPB MJS EHM JLB BKC. Analyzed the data: PPB EHM SLB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EHM. Wrote the paper: PPB SLB.