About the Authors
- Masaya Nakamura
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* E-mail: masa@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Osahiko Tsuji
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Barbara S. Bregman
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Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America
- Yoshiaki Toyama
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Hideyuki Okano
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conducted the cell cultures and most of the in vitro experiments: MN. Performed immunocytochemical analysis: OT. Provided instruction and supervised all the experiments: BSB YT. Supervised the whole project: HO. Wrote the manuscript HO MN.