About the Authors

Li Mao

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Regenerative Medicine, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Naoyuki Kawao

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Regenerative Medicine, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Yukinori Tamura

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Regenerative Medicine, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Katsumi Okumoto

Affiliation Life Science Research Institute, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan

Kiyotaka Okada

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Regenerative Medicine, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Masato Yano

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Regenerative Medicine, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Osamu Matsuo

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Regenerative Medicine, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Hiroshi Kaji

hkaji@med.kindai.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Regenerative Medicine, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM NK HK. Performed the experiments: LM NK YT K. Okumoto K. Okada MY OM. Analyzed the data: LM NK HK. Wrote the paper: LM HK.