About the Authors
- Naoto Hirose
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* E-mail: hirose@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Applied Life Sciences, Hiroshima University Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
- Atsushi Shimazu
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Affiliation Department of Public Oral Health, Integrated Health Sciences, Hiroshima University Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
- Mineo Watanabe
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Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, Basic Life Science, Hiroshima University Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
- Kotaro Tanimoto
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Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Applied Life Sciences, Hiroshima University Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
- Souichi Koyota
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita, Japan
- Toshihiro Sugiyama
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita, Japan
- Takashi Uchida
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Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, Basic Life Science, Hiroshima University Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
- Kazuo Tanne
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Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Applied Life Sciences, Hiroshima University Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NH AS MW KT TU KT. Performed the experiments: NH AS TU. Analyzed the data: NH AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NH SK TS. Wrote the paper: NH.