About the Authors

Natália Couto Figueiredo

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

Affiliations Graduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Department of Biomedical and Community Health Sciences, Division of Basic Science Research, College of Dental Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Mitchell Piacsek

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Community Health Sciences, Division of Basic Science Research, College of Dental Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Carina Cristina Montalvany-Antonucci

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Mariana de Souza Santos

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Flávio Almeida Amaral

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Biological Science Institute, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Mauro Martins Teixeira

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Biological Science Institute, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Tarcília Aparecida Silva

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Oral Surgery, Pathology, and Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Soraia Macari

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

☯ These senior authors contributed equally to this publication.

Affiliation Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Subramanya Pandruvada

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

☯ These senior authors contributed equally to this publication.

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Community Health Sciences, Division of Basic Science Research, College of Dental Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Ildeu Andrade Jr

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ildeu.andrade@pitt.edu

☯ These senior authors contributed equally to this publication.

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.