About the Authors

Lin Ge

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Matthew Smail

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Wenxia Meng

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Yu Shyr

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Fei Ye

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Kang-Hsien Fan

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Xiaohong Li

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Hong-Mei Zhou

bhowmickn@cshs.org (NAB); acomnet@126.com (H-MZ)

Affiliation Department of Oral Medicine, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Neil A. Bhowmick

bhowmickn@cshs.org (NAB); acomnet@126.com (H-MZ)

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 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: LG NAB H-MZ. Performed the experiments: LG WM XL MS. Analyzed the data: LG WM XL YS FY K-HF NAB H-MZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YS. Wrote the paper: NAB LG H-MZ.