About the Authors

Hisanori Eba

Affiliations Department of Dental Regenerative Medicine, Center of Advanced Medicine for Dental and Oral Diseases, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan, Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi-gakuin University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Yusuke Murasawa

Affiliation Department of Advanced Medicine, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan

Koichiro Iohara

Affiliation Department of Dental Regenerative Medicine, Center of Advanced Medicine for Dental and Oral Diseases, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan

Zenzo Isogai

Affiliation Department of Advanced Medicine, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan

Hiroshi Nakamura

Affiliation Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi-gakuin University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Hiroyuki Nakamura

hnak@me.com

Affiliation Department of Dental Regenerative Medicine, Center of Advanced Medicine for Dental and Oral Diseases, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan

Misako Nakashima

Affiliation Department of Dental Regenerative Medicine, Center of Advanced Medicine for Dental and Oral Diseases, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Hiroyuki Nakamura MN. Performed the experiments: HE YM KI Hiroyuki Nakamura. Analyzed the data: HE Hiroyuki Nakamura MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZI Hiroshi Nakamura. Wrote the paper: HE Hiroyuki Nakamura.