About the Authors
- Tomoyuki Mukai
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Affiliation Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Richard Gallant
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Affiliation Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Shu Ishida
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Affiliations Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Periodontal Medicine, Applied life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
- Teruhito Yoshitaka
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Affiliation Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Mizuho Kittaka
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Affiliation Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Keiichiro Nishida
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Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan, Department of Human Morphology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- David A. Fox
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Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Yoshitaka Morita
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
- Yasuyoshi Ueki
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* E-mail: uekiy@umkc.edu
Affiliation Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TM KN YM YU. Performed the experiments: TM SI RG. Analyzed the data: SI RG MK TY KN DF YM YU. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: TM YU.