About the Authors
- Maram Zamakhchari
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Guoxian Wei
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Floyd Dewhirst
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Jaeseop Lee
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Detlef Schuppan
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Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Johannes-Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
- Frank G. Oppenheim
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Eva J. Helmerhorst
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* E-mail: helmer@bu.edu
Affiliation Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FD DS FGO EJH. Performed the experiments: MZ GW JL FD EJH. Analyzed the data: FD DS FGO EJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FD FGO EJH. Wrote the paper: EJH. Critical reading of the manuscript: FD DS FGO.