About the Authors

Marcelo A. Catalán

Current address: Secretory Mechanisms and Dysfunction Section, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Kathleen Scott-Anne

Affiliation Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Marlise I. Klein

Affiliation Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Hyun Koo

Affiliation Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

William H. Bowen

Affiliation Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

James E. Melvin

james.melvin@nih.gov

Current address: Secretory Mechanisms and Dysfunction Section, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAC KS-A MIK HK WHB JEM. Performed the experiments: MAC KS-A MIK. Analyzed the data: MAC KS-A MIK HK WHB JEM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAC KS-A MIK HK WHB JEM. Wrote the paper: MAC MIK HK WHB JEM.