About the Authors

Maiko Kawasaki

Contributed equally to this work with: Maiko Kawasaki, Katsushige Kawasaki

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Division of Oral Anatomy, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan, Centre for Craniofacial Development and Regeneration, Dental Institute, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Katsushige Kawasaki

Contributed equally to this work with: Maiko Kawasaki, Katsushige Kawasaki

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Division of Oral Anatomy, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan, Centre for Craniofacial Development and Regeneration, Dental Institute, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Research Center for Advanced Oral Science, Department of Oral Life Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Fumiya Meguro

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Oral Anatomy, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Akane Yamada

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Oral Anatomy, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Ryuichi Ishikawa

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Oral Anatomy, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Thantrira Porntaveetus

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Centre for Craniofacial Development and Regeneration, Dental Institute, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

James Blackburn

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Centre for Craniofacial Development and Regeneration, Dental Institute, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Yoko Otsuka-Tanaka

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Centre for Craniofacial Development and Regeneration, Dental Institute, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Naoaki Saito

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Oral Anatomy, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Masato S. Ota

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Biological Science, Department of Food and Nutrition, Japan Women’s University, Bunkyo, Japan

Paul T. Sharpe

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Centre for Craniofacial Development and Regeneration, Dental Institute, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

John A. Kessler

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Feinberg Medical School, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Joachim Herz

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States of America

Martyn T. Cobourne

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Centre for Craniofacial Development and Regeneration, Dental Institute, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Takeyasu Maeda

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Division of Oral Anatomy, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan, Research Center for Advanced Oral Science, Department of Oral Life Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Atsushi Ohazama

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

atsushiohazama@dent.niigata-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Division of Oral Anatomy, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan, Centre for Craniofacial Development and Regeneration, Dental Institute, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.