About the Authors

Ayaka Hori

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan, Department of Pathophysiology-Periodontal science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

Takashi Nishida

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

tnishida@md.okayama-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

Shogo Takashiba

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology-Periodontal science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

Satoshi Kubota

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan, Advanced Research Center for Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, Okayama University Dental School, Okayama, Japan

Masaharu Takigawa

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Advanced Research Center for Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, Okayama University Dental School, Okayama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.