About the Authors

Charles E. Shelburne

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ceshelbu@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, The University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

P. Sandra Shelburne

Affiliation Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, The University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Vishnu M. Dhople

Current address: The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India

Affiliation Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, The University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Domenica G. Sweier

Affiliation Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, The University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

William V. Giannobile

Affiliation Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine and The Michigan Center for Oral Health Research, The University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Janet S. Kinney

Affiliation Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine and The Michigan Center for Oral Health Research, The University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Wilson A. Coulter

Affiliation Centre for Oral Research, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Brian H. Mullally

Affiliation Centre for Oral Research, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Dennis E. Lopatin

Affiliation Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, The University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DL CS. Performed the experiments: PS CS. Analyzed the data: WG CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WG VD DS JK WC BM DL CS. Wrote the paper: CS.