About the Authors

Ayako Mochizuki

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Oral Physiology, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Masamichi Takami

takami@dent.showa-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Yoichi Miyamoto

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Tsuyoshi Nakamaki

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Shigeru Tomoyasu

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Yuho Kadono

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

Sakae Tanaka

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

Tomio Inoue

Affiliation Department of Oral Physiology, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Ryutaro Kamijo

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT AM RK. Performed the experiments: AM MT. Analyzed the data: AM MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TN ST YK ST TI YM. Wrote the paper: AM MT RK.