About the Authors

Takayuki Nakamura

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan, Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

Tatsuya Okada

tatsuya-okada@fc.kuh.kumamoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

Motoyoshi Endo

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

Tsuyoshi Kadomatsu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

Takuya Taniwaki

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

Akira Sei

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

Haruki Odagiri

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan, Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

Tetsuro Masuda

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan, Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

Toru Fujimoto

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

Takafumi Nakamura

Affiliation Nakamura Orthopaedic Clinic, Ikeda-machi, Kita-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

Yuichi Oike

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan, CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan

Hiroshi Mizuta

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Takayuki Nakamura TO YO HM. Performed the experiments: T. Nakamura. Analyzed the data: Takayuki Nakamura YO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Takayuki Nakamura TO ME TK TT AS HO TM TF Takafumi Nakamura. Wrote the paper: Takayuki Nakamura YO.