About the Authors

Peter D. Burbelo

burbelop@nidcr.nih.gov

Affiliation Neurobiology and Pain Therapeutics Section, Laboratory of Sensory Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kathryn H. Ching

Affiliation Neurobiology and Pain Therapeutics Section, Laboratory of Sensory Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Frank Esper

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Michael J. Iadarola

Affiliation Neurobiology and Pain Therapeutics Section, Laboratory of Sensory Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Eric Delwart

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute and Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

W. Ian Lipkin

Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Amit Kapoor

Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PDB ED WIL AK. Performed the experiments: PDB KHC AK. Analyzed the data: PDB KHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FE MJI. Wrote the paper: PDB FE ED WIL AK.