About the Authors

Cristiane H. Squarize

Affiliations Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Oral Pathology/Medicine/Radiology, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Rogerio M. Castilho

Affiliations Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Oral Pathology/Medicine/Radiology, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Thomas H. Bugge

Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

J. Silvio Gutkind

sg39v@nih.gov

Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHS RMC TB JSG. Performed the experiments: CHS RMC. Analyzed the data: CHS RMC TB JSG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHS RMC. Wrote the paper: CHS RMC TB JSG.