About the Authors

Carlos Rossa Jr.

crossajr@foar.unesp.br

Affiliation Department of Diagnosis and Surgery-School of Dentistry at Araraquara-Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

Gunhild Sommer

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Luis C. Spolidorio

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pathology-School of Dentistry at Araraquara-Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

Steven A. Rosenzweig

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Dennis K. Watson

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Keith L. Kirkwood

Affiliation Department of Craniofacial Biology and Center for Oral Health, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CRJ DKW KLK SAR. Performed the experiments: CRJ GS. Analyzed the data: CRJ LCS DKW SAR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS LCS. Wrote the paper: CRJ DKW SAR KLK GS.