About the Authors

Junko Okano

jokano@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Hideto Kojima

Affiliation Departments of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Miwako Katagi

Affiliation Departments of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Takahiko Nakagawa

Affiliation Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Center of Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan

Yuki Nakae

Affiliation Departments of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Tomoya Terashima

Affiliation Departments of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Takeshi Kurakane

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Mamoru Kubota

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Hiroshi Maegawa

Affiliation Internal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Jun Udagawa

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JO HK TN TT JU. Data curation: JO M. Katagi YN TK M. Kubota. Formal analysis: JO YN TK M. Katagi. Funding acquisition: JO HM. Investigation: JO M. Katagi YN TK M. Kubota. Methodology: JO HK TN TT. Project administration: JO HK JU. Resources: JO M. Katagi HM. Software: JO JU. Supervision: JO HK JU. Validation: JO HK JU. Visualization: JO HK TN. Writing – original draft: JO HK TN. Writing – review & editing: JO HK TN.