About the Authors

Shota Saito

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Hiroto Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Ken-ichi Mukaisho

mukaisho@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Sho Sato

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Tomoki Higo

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Takanori Hattori

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Gaku Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Hiroyuki Sugihara

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Critical reading of the manuscript: T. Higo T. Hattori GY HS. Conceived and designed the experiments: S. Saito HY KM. Performed the experiments: S. Saito HY S. Sato. Analyzed the data: S. Saito HY KM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: S. Saito HY KM. Wrote the paper: S. Saito KM.