About the Authors

Mikiko Kubota

Contributed equally to this work with: Mikiko Kubota, Manabu Yanagita

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology and Disease Control, Department of Periodontology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Manabu Yanagita

Contributed equally to this work with: Mikiko Kubota, Manabu Yanagita

yanagita@dent.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology and Disease Control, Department of Periodontology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Kenta Mori

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology and Disease Control, Department of Periodontology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Shiori Hasegawa

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology and Disease Control, Department of Periodontology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Motozo Yamashita

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology and Disease Control, Department of Periodontology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Satoru Yamada

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology and Disease Control, Department of Periodontology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Masahiro Kitamura

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology and Disease Control, Department of Periodontology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Shinya Murakami

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology and Disease Control, Department of Periodontology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Kubota M.Yanagita. Performed the experiments: M.Kubota M.Yanagita KM SH. Analyzed the data: M.Kubota M.Yanagita M.Yamashita SY M.Kitamura. Wrote the paper: M.Kubota M. Yanagita SM.