About the Authors
- Rahman Md. Mostafeezur
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Contributed equally to this work with: Rahman Md. Mostafeezur, Hossain Md. Zakir
Affiliation Division of Oral Physiology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
- Hossain Md. Zakir
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Contributed equally to this work with: Rahman Md. Mostafeezur, Hossain Md. Zakir
Affiliation Division of Oral Physiology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
- Hanako Takatsuji
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Affiliation Division of Oral Physiology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
- Yoshiaki Yamada
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Affiliation Division of Oral Physiology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
- Kensuke Yamamura
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Affiliation Division of Oral Physiology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
- Junichi Kitagawa
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* E-mail: kitagawa@dent.niigata-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Division of Oral Physiology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: the work was partly supported by a grant from Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HMZ RMM HT JK. Performed the experiments: HMZ RMM HT JK. Analyzed the data: HMZ RMM YY KY JK. Wrote the paper: HMZ RMM JK.