About the Authors
- Ariadne Letra
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Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Walid Fakhouri
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Renata F. Fonseca
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology, Center of Health Sciences; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- Renato Menezes
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Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Inga Kempa
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Affiliations Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia, Department of Biology and Microbiology, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
- Joanne L. Prasad
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Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Toby G. McHenry
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Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Andrew C. Lidral
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Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Lina Moreno
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Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Jeffrey C. Murray
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Sandra Daack-Hirsch
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Mary L. Marazita
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Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Eduardo E. Castilla
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Affiliations ECLAMC (Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations) at CEMIC (Center of Medical Education and Clinical Research “Norberto Quirno”), Buenos Aires, Argentina, CONICET (National Research Council of Argentina), Buenos Aires, Argentina, iNaGeMP-CNPq (National Institute of Population Medical Genetics), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Baiba Lace
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Affiliation Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia
- Ieda M. Orioli
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, iNaGeMP-CNPq (National Institute of Population Medical Genetics), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Jose M. Granjeiro
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Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, RJ, Brazil and INMETRO, Duque de Caxias, RJ, Brazil
- Brian C. Schutte
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Alexandre R. Vieira
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* E-mail: arv11@pitt.edu
Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ARV BCS JMG IMO EEC MLM ACL JCM BL AL. Performed the experiments: AL RM RFF IK WF LM. Analyzed the data: AL WF RFF RM IK JLP THM LM SDH BCS ARV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ARV BCS JMG IMO EEC JLP MLM BL. Wrote the paper: AL ARV BCS.