About the Authors
- Keitaro Imaizumi
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Current address: Kyokuto Pharmaceutical Industrial Co. Ltd., Nihonbashi Kobunecho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Affiliations Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, Kobe office, RIKEN Cell Tech Co. Ltd., Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
- Naoki Nishishita
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Affiliations Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, Division of Cell Therapy, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
- Marie Muramatsu
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Affiliation Division of Cell Therapy, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
- Takako Yamamoto
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Affiliation Division of Cell Therapy, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
- Chiemi Takenaka
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Affiliations Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, Division of Cell Therapy, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
- Shin Kawamata
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* E-mail: kawamata@fbri.org (SK); t.akuta@kyokutoseiyaku.co.jp (TA)
Affiliations Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, Division of Cell Therapy, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
- Kenichiro Kobayashi
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Affiliations Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Research, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Shin-ichi Nishikawa
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Affiliation Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
- Teruo Akuta
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* E-mail: kawamata@fbri.org (SK); t.akuta@kyokutoseiyaku.co.jp (TA)
Affiliations Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, Kobe office, RIKEN Cell Tech Co. Ltd., Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Competing Interests
Keitaro Imaizumi (KI) and Teruo Akuta (TA) were employed by a RIKEN spinoff company, RIKEN Cell Tech Co., Ltd. and are now employees of Kyokuto Pharmaceutical Industrial Co., Ltd. Products by Kyokuto Pharmaceutical Industrial were used in this study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KI SK TA. Performed the experiments: KI NN MM TY CT TA. Analyzed the data: KI NN KK TA. Wrote the paper: KI SK SN TA.