About the Authors

Hiu Ham Lee

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, United States of America

Dylan J. Carmichael

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, United States of America

Victoria Ríbeiro

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Dana N. Parisi

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Long Island University-Post, Brookville, New York, United States of America

Melissa E. Munzen

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Claudia L. Charles-Niño

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Mohamed F. Hamed

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Ettiman Kaur

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, United States of America

Ayush Mishra

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, United States of America

Jiya Patel

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, United States of America

Rikki B. Rooklin

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, United States of America

Amina Sher

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, United States of America

Maria A. Carrillo-Sepulveda

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, United States of America

Eliseo A. Eugenin

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Michael R. Dores

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

Affiliation Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, United States of America

Luis R. Martinez

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

LMartinez@dental.ufl.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Long Island University-Post, Brookville, New York, United States of America, Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Center for Immunology and Transplantation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.