The Animal Care Committee of Fukuoka Dental College approved all animal procedures used
in this study. The protocol for these experiments was reviewed and approved by the
committee of Ethics of Animal Experiments of Fukuoka Dental College (#18008). All mouse
experiments were performed in accordance with the guidelines of the committee of Ethics of
Animal Experiments of Fukuoka Dental College. C57BL/6N (B6) mice (CLEA Japan, Shizuoka,
Japan) and IL-17A-GFP reporter mice (The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA) were
kept under specific pathogen-free conditions in the animal facility of Fukuoka Dental
College. All animals were kept in a controlled environment with a 12 h light/dark cycle
(lights on at 7:00 am). Mice were group housed (2–5 per cage) and given access to food and
water ad libitum.
in this study. The protocol for these experiments was reviewed and approved by the
committee of Ethics of Animal Experiments of Fukuoka Dental College (#18008). All mouse
experiments were performed in accordance with the guidelines of the committee of Ethics of
Animal Experiments of Fukuoka Dental College. C57BL/6N (B6) mice (CLEA Japan, Shizuoka,
Japan) and IL-17A-GFP reporter mice (The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA) were
kept under specific pathogen-free conditions in the animal facility of Fukuoka Dental
College. All animals were kept in a controlled environment with a 12 h light/dark cycle
(lights on at 7:00 am). Mice were group housed (2–5 per cage) and given access to food and
water ad libitum.