About the Authors

Holger A. Russ

Affiliation Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

Philippe Ravassard

Affiliation Biothechnology and Biotherapy Laboratory, Research Center of the Brain and Spinal Cord Institute, CNRS UMR 7225, INSERM UMRS 975, and University Pierre and Marie Curie, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Julie Kerr-Conte

Affiliation U859 Diabetes Cell Therapy, University Lille-Nord de France, Lille, France

Francois Pattou

Affiliation U859 Diabetes Cell Therapy, University Lille-Nord de France, Lille, France

Shimon Efrat

sefrat@post.tau.ac.il

Affiliation Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HAR SE. Performed the experiments: HAR. Analyzed the data: HAR SE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PR JKC FP. Wrote the paper: SE.