About the Authors

Fumie Shimizu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Masashi Shiiba

Affiliation Department of Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Katsunori Ogawara

katsunori.ogawara@faculty.chiba-u.jp (KO); uzawak@faculty.chiba-u.jp (KU)

Affiliation Division of Dentistry and Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Ryota Kimura

Affiliation Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Yasuyuki Minakawa

Affiliation Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Takao Baba

Affiliation Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Satoshi Yokota

Affiliation Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Dai Nakashima

Affiliation Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Morihiro Higo

Affiliation Division of Dentistry and Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Atsushi Kasamatsu

Affiliation Division of Dentistry and Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Yosuke Sakamoto

Affiliation Division of Dentistry and Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Hideki Tanzawa

Affiliations Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, Division of Dentistry and Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Katsuhiro Uzawa

katsunori.ogawara@faculty.chiba-u.jp (KO); uzawak@faculty.chiba-u.jp (KU)

Affiliations Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, Division of Dentistry and Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FS MS KO HT KU. Performed the experiments: FS MS KO. Analyzed the data: FS MS KO KU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FS MS KO RK YM TB SY DN MH AK YS HT KU. Wrote the paper: FS MS KO HT KU.