About the Authors

Kazuki Takaoka

ktaka@hyo-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

Michiyo Yamamura

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

Toshihiro Nishioka

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

Tetsuya Abe

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

Joji Tamaoka

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

Emi Segawa

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

Masami Shinohara

Affiliation Planning and Development Section, CLEA Japan, Inc., Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Haruyasu Ueda

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunobiology, School of Pharmacy, Hyogo University of Health Sciences, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Hiromitsu Kishimoto

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

Masahiro Urade

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KT HK MU. Performed the experiments: KT MY TN TA JT. Analyzed the data: KT MY ES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS HU. Wrote the paper: KT MU.