About the Authors

Katsumasa Ideo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Takuya Tokunaga

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ttokunaga@kuh.kumamoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Chisa Shukunami

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Aki Takimoto

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular Differentiation, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Yuki Yoshimoto

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Ryuji Yonemitsu

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Tatsuki Karasugi

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Hiroshi Mizuta

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Yuji Hiraki

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular Differentiation, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Takeshi Miyamoto

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.