About the Authors
- Jieping Yang
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Affiliation School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Fang Wei
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Affiliation School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Christopher Schafer
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Affiliation School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- David T. W. Wong
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* E-mail: dtww@ucla.edu
Affiliation School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
David Wong is co-founder of RNAmeTRIX Inc., a molecular diagnostic company. He holds equity in RNAmeTRIX, and serves as a company Director and Scientific Advisor. The University of California also holds equity in RNAmeTRIX. Intellectual property that David Wong invented and which was patented by the University of California has been licensed to RNAmeTRIX. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JY DTWW. Performed the experiments: JY FW. Analyzed the data: JY FW. Wrote the paper: JY CS.