About the Authors

Emilios Gemenetzidis

Affiliation Centre for Clinical and Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Institute of Dentistry, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Amrita Bose

Affiliation Centre for Clinical and Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Institute of Dentistry, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Adeel M. Riaz

Affiliation Centre for Clinical and Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Institute of Dentistry, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Tracy Chaplin

Affiliation Cancer Research UK Medical Oncology Laboratory, Institute of Dentistry, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Bryan D. Young

Affiliation Cancer Research UK Medical Oncology Laboratory, Institute of Dentistry, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Muhammad Ali

Affiliation Centre for Clinical and Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Institute of Dentistry, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

David Sugden

Affiliation Division of Reproduction and Endocrinology, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Johanna K. Thurlow

Affiliation The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Sok-Ching Cheong

Affiliation Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), 2nd Floor Outpatient Centre, Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Selangor, Malaysia

Soo-Hwang Teo

Affiliation Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), 2nd Floor Outpatient Centre, Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Selangor, Malaysia

Hong Wan

Affiliation Centre for Clinical and Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Institute of Dentistry, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Ahmad Waseem

Affiliation Centre for Clinical and Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Institute of Dentistry, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Eric K. Parkinson

Affiliation Centre for Clinical and Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Institute of Dentistry, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Farida Fortune

Affiliation Centre for Clinical and Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Institute of Dentistry, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Muy-Teck Teh

m.t.teh@qmul.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Clinical and Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Institute of Dentistry, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS MTT. Performed the experiments: EG AB AMR TC MA DS JKT SCC AW MTT. Analyzed the data: EG AB DS JKT SCC HW AW MTT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BDY DS JKT SCC SHT HW AW EKP FF MTT. Wrote the paper: MTT.