About the Authors

Kirika Ishiyama

Affiliation Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan

Keisuke Nakamura

Affiliation Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan

Hiroyo Ikai

Affiliation Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan

Taro Kanno

Affiliation Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan

Masahiro Kohno

Affiliation Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

Keiichi Sasaki

Affiliation Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan

Yoshimi Niwano

y.niwano@m.tohoku.ac.jp

Affiliation Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK KS YN. Performed the experiments: KI KN HI TK. Analyzed the data: KI KN YN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KI KN HI TK. Wrote the paper: MK KS YN.