About the Authors

Toshifumi Maruyama

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

Yoichi Miyamoto

yoichim@dent.showa-u.jp

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

Gou Yamamoto

Affiliation Division of Pathology, Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Atsushi Yamada

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

Kentaro Yoshimura

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

Tetsuo Suzawa

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

Masamichi Takami

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

Tomohito Akiyama

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

Marie Hoshino

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

Fuminori Iwasa

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

Noriharu Ikumi

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

Tetsuhiko Tachikawa

Affiliation Division of Pathology, Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Mishima

Affiliation Division of Pathology, Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuyoshi Baba

Affiliation Department of Prosthodontics, 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: YM TM. Performed the experiments: TM GY AY KY TA MH TS MT FI NI. Analyzed the data: KY TT KM KB RK. Wrote the paper: YM TM GY RK.