About the Authors

Kai Gao

Affiliation School of Dentistry & Dental Research Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Hui Zhou

Affiliation School of Dentistry & Dental Research Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Lei Zhang

Affiliation School of Dentistry & Dental Research Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jin Wook Lee

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Qing Zhou

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Shen Hu

Affiliation School of Dentistry & Dental Research Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Lawrence E. Wolinsky

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

James Farrell

Affiliation Department of Digestive Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Guido Eibl

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

David T. Wong

dtww@ucla.edu

Affiliations School of Dentistry & Dental Research Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Division of Oral Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KG HZ LZ SH LEW JF GE DW. Performed the experiments: KG LZ SH. Analyzed the data: KG HZ LZ JWL QZ SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KG JWL QZ SH JF GE DW. Wrote the paper: KG HZ LZ JWL QZ SH JF GE DW.