About the Authors

Chiyo Mizuochi

Affiliation Department of Hematopoietic Stem Cells, SSP Stem Cell Unit, Kyushu University Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Stuart T. Fraser

Affiliation Laboratory of Blood Cell Development, Disciplines of Physiology, Anatomy and Histology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

Katia Biasch

Affiliation Unité 682 INSERM, Strasbourg, France

Yuka Horio

Affiliation Department of Hematopoietic Stem Cells, SSP Stem Cell Unit, Kyushu University Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Yoshikane Kikushige

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Kenzaburo Tani

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Koichi Akashi

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Manuela Tavian

Affiliation Unité 682 INSERM, Strasbourg, France

Daisuke Sugiyama

ds-mons@yb3.so-net.ne.jp

Affiliation Department of Hematopoietic Stem Cells, SSP Stem Cell Unit, Kyushu University Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS. Performed the experiments: CM KB YH YK MT DS. Analyzed the data: CM SF KB MT DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM KB MT KT KA DS. Wrote the paper: CM SF DS.