About the Authors
- Kunimichi Niibe
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Affiliations Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Yoshimi Kawamura
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Daisuke Araki
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Affiliations Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Satoru Morikawa
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Affiliation Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Kyoko Miura
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Sadafumi Suzuki
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Shigeto Shimmura
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Takehiko Sunabori
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Yo Mabuchi
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Yasuo Nagai
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Taneaki Nakagawa
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Affiliation Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Hideyuki Okano
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Yumi Matsuzaki
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* E-mail: penguin@a8.keio.jp
Affiliation Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceptualized and designed the experiments: KN HO YM. Performed most of the experiments and analysed the data: KN. Performed blastocyst injection of iPS cells to produce adult chimeras: YK. Assisted with cell sorting and cell culture: DA SM KM. Performed cell sorting and surface marker analysis: S. Suzuki. Assisted with bisulfite genomic sequencing: TS. Commented on the manuscript: S. Shimmura YM YN TN. All authors participated in the discussion.