About the Authors

Akira Kodama

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

akirakodama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Division of Regenerative Medicine for Musculoskeletal System Medical Center for Translational and Clinical Research, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Atsushi Kunisaki

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Teruyasu Tanaka

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Shigeki Ishibashi

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Kentarou Tsuji

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Masaru Munemori

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Goki Kamei

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Koji Ikegami

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Nobuo Adachi

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.