About the Authors

Toshitaka Okabayashi

t-okabayashi@umin.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

Kuniaki Nakanishi

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Defense Medical College Hospital, Saitama, Japan

Toyokazu Tsuchihara

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

Hiroshi Arino

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

Yasuo Yoshihara

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

Susumu Tominaga

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

Maki Uenoyama

Affiliation Division of Environmental Medicine, National Defense Medical College Research Institute, Saitama, Japan

Shinya Suzuki

Affiliation Division of Environmental Medicine, National Defense Medical College Research Institute, Saitama, Japan

Masataka Asagiri

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Koichi Nemoto

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TO KN TT KN. Performed the experiments: TO KN. Analyzed the data: TO MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TT HA YY ST MU SS. Wrote the paper: TO MA.