About the Authors

Vladimir Ilievski

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Paulina K. Zuchowska

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Undergraduate Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Stefan J. Green

Roles Formal analysis

Current address: DNA Core Facility, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Unites States of America

Peter T. Toth

Roles Formal analysis

Current address: Fluorescence Imaging Core Facility, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Michael E. Ragozzino

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Khuong Le

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Undergraduate Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Haider W. Aljewari

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Neil M. O’Brien-Simpson

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Eric C. Reynolds

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Keiko Watanabe

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

keiko@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.