About the Authors

Jun-Ichi Sasaki

jun1-s@dent.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biomaterials Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan

Masanori Hashimoto

Affiliation Department of Biomaterials Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan

Satoshi Yamaguchi

Affiliation Department of Biomaterials Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan

Yoshihiro Itoh

Affiliations Department of Biomaterials Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan, Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan

Itsumi Yoshimoto

Affiliation Department of Biomaterials Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan

Takuya Matsumoto

Affiliation Department of Biomaterials, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan

Satoshi Imazato

Affiliation Department of Biomaterials Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS TM SI. Performed the experiments: JS MH SY YI IY. Analyzed the data: JS MH SI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS MH SY SI. Wrote the paper: JS SI.