About the Authors

Takeshi Moriishi

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

Ryo Fukuyama

Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmacology, Hiroshima International University, Kure, Japan

Masako Ito

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Radiation Biology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

Toshihiro Miyazaki

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

Takafumi Maeno

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Yosuke Kawai

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Regenerative Oral Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

Hisato Komori

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

Toshihisa Komori

komorit@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK. Performed the experiments: T. Moriishi T. Miyazaki. Analyzed the data: T. Moriishi RF MI T. Miyazaki T. Maeno YK HK. Wrote the paper: TK.