About the Authors

Tomonori Sasahira

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan

Nobuhiro Ueda

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan

Kazuhiko Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan

Miyako Kurihara

Affiliations Department of Molecular Pathology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan

Sayako Matsushima

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan

Ujjal K. Bhawal

Affiliations Department of Molecular Pathology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Matsudo, Japan

Tadaaki Kirita

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan

Hiroki Kuniyasu

cooninh@zb4.so-net.ne.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS HK. Performed the experiments: TS NU MK SM UKB. Analyzed the data: TS KY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KY TK HK. Wrote the paper: TS HK.