About the Authors

Brian L. Foster

brian.foster@nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Oral Connective Tissue Biology, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kanako J. Nagatomo

Affiliation Department of Periodontics, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Francisco H. Nociti Jr.

Affiliations Laboratory of Oral Connective Tissue Biology, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Periodontics, School of Dentistry at Piracicaba, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Hanson Fong

Affiliation Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Daisy Dunn

Affiliation Department of Periodontics, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Anne B. Tran

Affiliation Laboratory of Oral Connective Tissue Biology, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Wei Wang

Affiliation Sanford Children's Health Research Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Sonoko Narisawa

Affiliation Sanford Children's Health Research Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jose Luis Millán

Affiliation Sanford Children's Health Research Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Martha J. Somerman

Affiliation Laboratory of Oral Connective Tissue Biology, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BLF MJS. Performed the experiments: BLF KJN HF DD ABT SN WW. Analyzed the data: BLF MJS FHN JLM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLM. Wrote the paper: BLF.