About the Authors

Alireza Shamaei-Tousi

Contributed equally to this work with: Alireza Shamaei-Tousi, Francesco D'Aiuto

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ashamaei@sgul.ac.uk

Affiliations Division of Microbial Diseases, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom

Francesco D'Aiuto

Contributed equally to this work with: Alireza Shamaei-Tousi, Francesco D'Aiuto

Affiliation Periodontology Unit, UCL Eastman Dental Institute and Hospital, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Luigi Nibali

Affiliation Periodontology Unit, UCL Eastman Dental Institute and Hospital, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Andrew Steptoe

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Anthony R. M. Coates

Affiliation St George's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom

Mohamed Parkar

Affiliation Periodontology Unit, UCL Eastman Dental Institute and Hospital, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Nikos Donos

Affiliation Periodontology Unit, UCL Eastman Dental Institute and Hospital, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Brian Henderson

Affiliation Division of Microbial Diseases, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BH FD AS LN. Performed the experiments: FD AS MP. Analyzed the data: FD AS AS MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP. Wrote the paper: BH FD ND AS LN AS AC.