About the Authors

Taiki Hiyama

Affiliation Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Nobuaki Ozeki

ozeki@g.agu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Makio Mogi

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Biochemistry, School of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Hideyuki Yamaguchi

Affiliation Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Rie Kawai

Affiliation Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Kazuhiko Nakata

Affiliation Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Ayami Kondo

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Biochemistry, School of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Hiroshi Nakamura

Affiliation Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that they have no competing interests with regard to the publication of this paper.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NO MM. Performed the experiments: TH NO HY RK KN AK. Analyzed the data: TH NO HY RK AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NO MM. Wrote the paper: TH NO MM HN.