About the Authors

Su-Hyang Yoo

Affiliations Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea, Faculty of Biological Science and Institute for Biodiversity Research, College of Natural Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea

Jae Goo Kim

Affiliation Faculty of Biological Science and Institute for Biodiversity Research, College of Natural Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea

Beom-Su Kim

Affiliations Wonkwang Bone Regeneration Research Institute, Wonkwang University, Daejeon, Korea, Bone Cell Biotech Inc., Daejeon, Korea

Jun Lee

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Daejeon Dental Hospital, Wonkwang University, Daejeon, Korea

Sung-Hee Pi

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea

Hyun-Dae Lim

Affiliation Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea

Hong-In Shin

Affiliation IHBR, Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea

Eui-Sic Cho

Affiliation Cluster for Craniofacial Development and Regeneration Research, Institute of Oral Biosciences, Chonbuk National University School of Dentistry, Jeonju, Korea

Hyung-Keun You

hkperio@wku.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea

Competing Interests

Bone Cell Biotech provided support in the form of salary for BSK. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HKY SHY ESC. Performed the experiments: HKY SHY JGK HIS. Analyzed the data: HKY SHY JGK BSK JL SHP HDL HIS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HKY SHY JGK HIS. Wrote the paper: HKY SHY.