About the Authors

Erika Minami

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

Kiyohito Sasa

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft

k-sasa@dent.showa-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

Atsushi Yamada

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

Ryota Kawai

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Yoshida

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

Haruhisa Nakano

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

Koutaro Maki

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

Ryutaro Kamijo

† Deceased.

Roles Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

NO authors have competing interests.