About the Authors

Hong Sheng

dentistseikou@dent.tohoku.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Advanced Prosthetic Dentistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Keisuke Nakamura

Affiliation Laboratory for Redox Regulation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Taro Kanno

Affiliation Division of Molecular and Regenerative Prosthodontics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Keiichi Sasaki

Affiliation Division of Advanced Prosthetic Dentistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Yoshimi Niwano

Affiliation Laboratory for Redox Regulation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS KN YN TK KS. Performed the experiments: HS KN. Analyzed the data: HS KN YN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS KN. Wrote the paper: HS YN.