About the Authors

Kaori Abe

Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Takamatsu, Japan

Yoshiko Hashimoto

Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Takamatsu, Japan

Shouki Yatsushiro

Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Takamatsu, Japan

Shohei Yamamura

Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Takamatsu, Japan

Mika Bando

Affiliation Department of Periodontology and Endodontology, Oral and Maxillofacial Dentistry, Division of Medico-Dental Dynamics and Reconstruction, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Yuka Hiroshima

Affiliation Department of Periodontology and Endodontology, Oral and Maxillofacial Dentistry, Division of Medico-Dental Dynamics and Reconstruction, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Jun-ichi Kido

Affiliation Department of Periodontology and Endodontology, Oral and Maxillofacial Dentistry, Division of Medico-Dental Dynamics and Reconstruction, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Masato Tanaka

Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Takamatsu, Japan

Yasuo Shinohara

Affiliations Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan, Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Toshihiko Ooie

Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Takamatsu, Japan

Yoshinobu Baba

Affiliations Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Takamatsu, Japan, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Masatoshi Kataoka

m-kataoka@aist.go.jp

Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Takamatsu, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KA Y. Hashimoto JK S. Yatsushiro YB MT. Performed the experiments: KA Y. Hashimoto S. Yatsushiro S. Yamamura MB Y. Hiroshima MT TO. Analyzed the data: KA MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KA Y. Hiroshima S. Yatsushiro S. Yamamura MT TO. Wrote the paper: KA MK.