About the Authors
- Ayako Kato
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
- Kenichi Imai
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* E-mail: imai.kenichi@nihon-u.ac.jp (KI); ogata.yorimasa@nihon-u.ac.jp (YO)
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Division of Immunology and Pathobiology, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
- Kuniyasu Ochiai
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Division of Immunology and Pathobiology, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
- Yorimasa Ogata
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* E-mail: imai.kenichi@nihon-u.ac.jp (KI); ogata.yorimasa@nihon-u.ac.jp (YO)
Affiliations Department of Periodontology, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Chiba, Japan, Research Institute of Oral Science, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KI YO. Performed the experiments: AK YO KI. Analyzed the data: AK YO KI KO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK YO KI. Wrote the paper: KI YO AK. Wrote the majority of the manuscript: KI YO.