About the Authors

Amy Y. Hsiao

Affiliation Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Teru Okitsu

Affiliations Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ERATO Takeuchi Biohybrid Innovation Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroaki Onoe

Affiliations Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ERATO Takeuchi Biohybrid Innovation Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan

Mahiro Kiyosawa

Affiliations Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ERATO Takeuchi Biohybrid Innovation Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroki Teramae

Affiliation Faculty of Teacher Education, Shumei University, Chiba, Japan

Shintaroh Iwanaga

Affiliations Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ERATO Takeuchi Biohybrid Innovation Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan

Tomohiko Kazama

Affiliation Department of Functional Morphology, Division of Cell Regeneration and Transplantation, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Taro Matsumoto

Affiliation Department of Functional Morphology, Division of Cell Regeneration and Transplantation, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shoji Takeuchi

takeuchi@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliations Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ERATO Takeuchi Biohybrid Innovation Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AYH TO HO ST. Performed the experiments: AYH HO MK HT TK. Analyzed the data: AYH TO HO SI TK TM ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AYH HT TK TM ST. Wrote the paper: AYH TO ST.