About the Authors

Akiko Yamada

Affiliation Department of Oral Molecular Pathology, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Naozumi Ishimaru

Affiliation Department of Oral Molecular Pathology, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Rieko Arakaki

Affiliation Department of Oral Molecular Pathology, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Nobuhiko Katunuma

Affiliation Institute of Health Science, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan

Yoshio Hayashi

hayashi@dent.tokushima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Oral Molecular Pathology, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NI NK YH. Performed the experiments: AY NI RA. Analyzed the data: AY RA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NK. Wrote the paper: AY NI YH.