About the Authors

Hayato Fukusumi

Affiliation Division of Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Clinical Research, Osaka National Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Osaka, Japan

Tomoko Shofuda

Affiliation Division of Stem Cell Research, Institute for Clinical Research, Osaka National Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Osaka, Japan

Daisuke Kanematsu

Affiliation Division of Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Clinical Research, Osaka National Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Osaka, Japan

Atsuyo Yamamoto

Affiliation Division of Stem Cell Research, Institute for Clinical Research, Osaka National Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Osaka, Japan

Hiroshi Suemizu

Affiliation Biomedical Research Department, Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Masato Nakamura

Affiliations Biomedical Research Department, Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, Department of Pathology and Regenerative Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Mami Yamasaki

Affiliations Division of Molecular Medicine, Institute for Clinical Research, Osaka National Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Osaka, Japan, Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka National Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Osaka, Japan, Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Takatsuki General Hospital, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

Masatoshi Ohgushi

Affiliation Unit for Human Stem Cell Technology, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Yoshiki Sasai

Affiliation Organogenesis and Neurogenesis Group, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Yonehiro Kanemura

kanemura@onh.go.jp

Affiliations Division of Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Clinical Research, Osaka National Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Osaka, Japan, Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka National Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Financial support: YK. Conceived and designed the experiments: HF YS YK. Performed the experiments: HF TS DK AY HS MN. Analyzed the data: HF TS AY HS MN MY MO YS YK. Wrote the paper: HF TS HS MN YS YK.