About the Authors

Monika Madan

Affiliation Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Salomon Amar

samar@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SA. Performed the experiments: MM SA. Analyzed the data: MM SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA. Wrote the paper: MM SA.