About the Authors

Misa Gokyu

Affiliation Periodontology, Bio-Matrix Department, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroaki Kobayashi

h-kobayashi.peri@tmd.ac.jp

Affiliation Periodontology, Bio-Matrix Department, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Hiromi Nanbara

Affiliation Periodontology, Bio-Matrix Department, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Takeaki Sudo

Affiliation Periodontology, Bio-Matrix Department, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Yuichi Ikeda

Affiliation Periodontology, Bio-Matrix Department, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Tomonari Suda

Affiliation Periodontology, Bio-Matrix Department, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Yuichi Izumi

Affiliation Periodontology, Bio-Matrix Department, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG HK. Performed the experiments: MG HN T. Sudo T. Suda. Analyzed the data: Y. Ikeda. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Y. Ikeda. Wrote the paper: MG HK Y. Izumi.