About the Authors

Honey Tavanasefat

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliations Laboratory of Stem Cell & Cancer Epigenetic Research, School of Dentistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, CSUN-UCLA Stem Cell Research Bridge Program, Department of Biology, California State University at Northridge, Northridge, California, United States of America

Feng Li

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology & Medicine, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kikuye Koyano

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Bahar Khalilian Gourtani

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Stem Cell & Cancer Epigenetic Research, School of Dentistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Vincent Marty

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology & Medicine, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Yatendra Mulpuri

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology & Medicine, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sung Hee Lee

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation The Shapiro Family Laboratory of Viral Oncology and Aging Research, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ki-Hyuk Shin

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation The Shapiro Family Laboratory of Viral Oncology and Aging Research, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

David T. W. Wong

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology & Medicine, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Xinshu Xiao

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Igor Spigelman

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology & Medicine, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Yong Kim

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

thadyk@ucla.edu

Affiliations Laboratory of Stem Cell & Cancer Epigenetic Research, School of Dentistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Division of Oral Biology & Medicine, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.