About the Authors

Satomi S. Tanaka

Affiliation Department of Kidney Development, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics (IMEG), Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Akihiro Nakane

Current address: Department of Nephro-Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan

Affiliation Department of Kidney Development, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics (IMEG), Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Yasuka L. Yamaguchi

Affiliation Department of Kidney Development, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics (IMEG), Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Takeshi Terabayashi

Current address: Signal Dynamics Group, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Uppsala, Sweden

Affiliation Department of Kidney Development, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics (IMEG), Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Takaya Abe

Affiliation Laboratory for Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB), Kobe, Japan

Kazuki Nakao

Affiliation Laboratory for Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB), Kobe, Japan

Makoto Asashima

Affiliation Research Center for Stem Cell Engineering (SCRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan

Kirsten A. Steiner

Affiliation Embryology Unit, Children’s Medical Research Institute, New South Wales, Australia

Patrick P. L. Tam

ptam@cmri.org.au (PPLT); ryuichi@kumamoto-u.ac.jp (RN)

Affiliations Embryology Unit, Children’s Medical Research Institute, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Ryuichi Nishinakamura

ptam@cmri.org.au (PPLT); ryuichi@kumamoto-u.ac.jp (RN)

Affiliation Department of Kidney Development, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics (IMEG), Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SST RN PPLT. Performed the experiments: SST AN YLY TT KAS. Analyzed the data: SST YLY TT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TA KN MA. Wrote the paper: SST RN PPLT.