About the Authors

Bo-Young Hong

Affiliation Division of Periodontology, Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, The University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Michel V. Furtado Araujo

Affiliation Division of Periodontology, Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, The University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Linda D. Strausbaugh

Affiliation The Center for Applied Genetics and Technologies, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Evimaria Terzi

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Effie Ioannidou

Affiliation Division of Periodontology, Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, The University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Patricia I. Diaz

pdiaz@uchc.edu

Affiliation Division of Periodontology, Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, The University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EI PID. Performed the experiments: BYH MVFA. Analyzed the data: BYH ET. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LDS. Wrote the paper: LDS EI PID.