About the Authors

J. Max Goodson

mgoodson@forsyth.org

Affiliation Department of Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Research Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alpdogan Kantarci

Affiliation Department of Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Research Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mor-Li Hartman

Affiliation Department of Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Research Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gerald V. Denis

Affiliation Cancer Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Danielle Stephens

Affiliation Department of Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Research Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hatice Hasturk

Affiliation Department of Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Research Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tina Yaskell

Affiliation Department of Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Research Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jorel Vargas

Affiliation Department of Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Research Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Xiaoshan Wang

Affiliation Department of Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Research Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Maryann Cugini

Affiliation Department of Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Research Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Roula Barake

Affiliation The Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Osama Alsmadi

Affiliation The Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Sabiha Al-Mutawa

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Jitendra Ariga

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Pramod Soparkar

Affiliation Department of Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Research Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jawad Behbehani

Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Kazem Behbehani

Affiliation The Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Francine Welty

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMG KB. Performed the experiments: AK MH DS TY JV KB RB OA JB SA RB MC HH JA PS. Analyzed the data: XW JMG. Wrote the paper: JMG GVD FW. Ethical Review Board communication: MC JA OA.