About the Authors

Sachiko Yamasaki

Affiliation Department of Molecular Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery, Applied Life Sciences, Graduate Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan

Yuki Taguchi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery, Applied Life Sciences, Graduate Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan

Akira Shimamoto

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Basic Life Sciences, Graduate Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan

Hanae Mukasa

Affiliation Department of Molecular Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery, Applied Life Sciences, Graduate Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan

Hidetoshi Tahara

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Basic Life Sciences, Graduate Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan

Tetsuji Okamoto

tetsuok@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery, Applied Life Sciences, Graduate Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SY AS TO. Performed the experiments: SY YT HM. Analyzed the data: SY AS TO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS HT TO. Wrote the paper: SY TO.