About the Authors

Sho Sato

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Diagnostic Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Hiroto Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Diagnostic Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Ken-ichi Mukaisho

mukaisho@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Diagnostic Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Shota Saito

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Diagnostic Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Takanori Hattori

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Diagnostic Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Gaku Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Hiroyuki Sugihara

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Diagnostic Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSato HY KM. Performed the experiments: SSato HY SSaito. Analyzed the data: SSato HY KM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSato HY KM. Wrote the paper: SSato HY KM. Critical reading of the manuscript: TH GY HS.