About the Authors

Lívia C. C. Galvão

Affiliations Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Physiological Sciences, Dentistry School of Piracicaba, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

James H. Miller

Affiliation Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jessica K. Kajfasz

Affiliation Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Kathy Scott-Anne

Affiliation Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Irlan A. Freires

Affiliations Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Physiological Sciences, Dentistry School of Piracicaba, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

Gilson C. N. Franco

Affiliation Department of General Biology, Laboratory of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil

Jacqueline Abranches

Affiliations Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Pedro L. Rosalen

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, Dentistry School of Piracicaba, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

José A. Lemos

jose_lemos@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliations Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LCCG JHM JA PLR JAL. Performed the experiments: LCCG JHM JKK KSA IAF GCNF JA PLR. Analyzed the data: LCCG JHM JA PLR JAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LCCG JHM JKK JA. Wrote the paper: LCCG JHM JKK JA PLR JAL.