About the Authors

Michael Boyle

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

Crystal Chun

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

Chelsee Strojny

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

Raghuvaran Narayanan

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

Amelia Bartholomew

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

Premanand Sundivakkam

cprem@uic.edu (PS); salapati@uic.edu (SA)

Affiliations Department of Endodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Satish Alapati

cprem@uic.edu (PS); salapati@uic.edu (SA)

Affiliation Department of Endodontics, 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.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PS SA. Performed the experiments: MB CC CS RN PS. Analyzed the data: MB PS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS SA AB. Wrote the paper: PS SA.