About the Authors

Hiroshi Egusa

egu@dent.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Keisuke Okita

Affiliation Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroki Kayashima

Affiliation Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Guannan Yu

Affiliation Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Sho Fukuyasu

Affiliation Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Makio Saeki

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Takuya Matsumoto

Affiliation Department of Oro-Maxillofacial Regeneration, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Shinya Yamanaka

Affiliation Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Hirofumi Yatani

Affiliation Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HE KO SY. Performed the experiments: HE KO HK GY SF. Analyzed the data: HE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HE KO MS TM SY. Wrote the paper: HE. Administrative support: HY.