Riho Tateyama-Makino:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5206-8339
Role: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – original draft
Mari Abe-Yutori: Role: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – original draft
Taku Iwamoto: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original
draft
Kota Tsutsumi:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1371-2915
Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original
draft
Motonori Tsuji:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0734-0334
Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: SoftwareRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – original draft
Satoru Morishita: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Kei Kurita: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Yukio Yamamoto: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: Project administrationRole:
Writing – review & editing
Eiji Nishinaga: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: Project administrationRole:
Writing – review & editing
Keiichi Tsukinoki: Role: ConceptualizationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Etsuro Ito: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
17
September
2021
Publication date Collection: 2021
Publication date PMC-release: 17
September
2021
Volume: 16
Issue: 9
Electronic Location Identifier: e0257705
Affiliations
[1
]
Research & Development Headquarters, Lion Corporation, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
[2
]
Institute of Molecular Function, Misato-shi, Saitama, Japan
[3
]
Division of Environmental Pathology, Department of Oral Science, Kanagawa Dental University,
Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Waseda University: Waseda Daigaku, JAPAN
Author notes
Competing Interests: We have read the journal‘s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following
competing interests: R Tateyama-Makino, M Abe-Yutori, T Iwamoto, K Tsutsumi, S Morishita,
K Kurita, Y Yamamoto, and E Nishinaga are employees of the Lion Corporation (Tokyo,
Japan). M Tsuji is a President of the Institute of Molecular Function (Saitama, Japan).
Molecular docking simulation was performed by the Institute of Molecular Function
under a consignment from the Lion Corporation. K Tsukinoki has received fees for technical
guidance from the Lion Corporation. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE
policies on sharing data and materials.
‡ These authors have contributed equally to this work and share first authorship
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PONE-D-21-20049
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257705
PMC ID: 8448299
PubMed ID: 34534255
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Funded by:
Lion Corporation
This work was fully funded by Lion Corporation (
https://www.lion.co.jp/en/). R Tateyama-Makino, M Abe-Yutori, T Iwamoto, K Tsutsumi, S Morishita, K Kurita,
Y Yamamoto, and E Nishinaga are employees of Lion Corporation. The Lion Corporation
provided support in the form of salaries for authors R Tateyama-Makino, M Abe-Yutori,
T Iwamoto, K Tsutsumi, S Morishita, K Kurita, Y Yamamoto, and E Nishinaga. M Tsuji
is a President of the Institute of Molecular Function (Saitama, Japan). Molecular
docking simulation was performed by the Institute of Molecular Function under a consignment from
the Lion Corporation. K Tsukinoki has received fees for technical guidance from the
Lion Corporation. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis,
decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles of these
authors are articulated in the “author contributions” section.
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