About the Authors

Chaoran Ju

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Division of Oral Biological Sciences, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Ayano Ogura

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Division of Oral Biological Sciences, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Division of Oral Biological Sciences, Department of Cell Biology, Aging Science, and Pharmacology, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Yoshikazu Hayashi

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Oral Health/Brain Health/Total Health Research Center, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Division of Functional Structure, Department of Morphological Biology, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan, Oral Medicine Research Center, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan

Yuko Kawabata

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section of Oral Neuroscience, Division of Oral Biological Sciences, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Fulvio D’Acquisto

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Life and Health Science, University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom, William Harvey Research Institute, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Tomoyo Kawakubo-Yasukochi

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

tomoyo@dent.kyushu-u.ac.jp (TK-Y); ejimi@dent.kyushu-u.ac.jp (EJ)

Affiliation Oral Health/Brain Health/Total Health Research Center, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Eijiro Jimi

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

tomoyo@dent.kyushu-u.ac.jp (TK-Y); ejimi@dent.kyushu-u.ac.jp (EJ)

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Division of Oral Biological Sciences, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Oral Health/Brain Health/Total Health Research Center, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.