About the Authors
- Yuu Horikiri
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Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Tsuyoshi Shimo
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* E-mail: shimotsu@md.okayama-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Naito Kurio
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Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Tatsuo Okui
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Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Kenichi Matsumoto
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Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Masahiro Iwamoto
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Affiliation Division of Orthopedic Surgery, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Akira Sasaki
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Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TS. Performed the experiments: YH TS NK TO KM. Analyzed the data: YH TS NK TO KM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YH TS NK TO. Wrote the manuscript: TS MI AS. Cell culture: YH. Fracture model analysis: YH TS. RNA and protein analysis: YH NK TO. Research design: TS MI AS.