About the Authors

Bruna Benso

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Pedro Luiz Rosalen

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Severino Matias Alencar

Affiliation Department of Agri-food Industry, Food and Nutrition, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Ramiro Mendonça Murata

ramiro.murata@usc.edu

Affiliation Division of Periodontology, Diagnostic Sciences & Dental Hygiene and Division of Biomedical Sciences Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BB PLR SMA RMM. Performed the experiments: BB RMM. Analyzed the data: BB PLR SMA RMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB PLR SMA RMM. Wrote the paper: BB PLR SMA RMM.