About the Authors
- Dong-Ki Kim
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Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine at Scott and White, Temple, Texas, United States of America
- Hosoon Choi
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Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine at Scott and White, Temple, Texas, United States of America
- Hidetaka Nishida
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Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine at Scott and White, Temple, Texas, United States of America
- Joo Youn Oh
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Current address: Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Hospital, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine at Scott and White, Temple, Texas, United States of America
- Carl Gregory
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Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine at Scott and White, Temple, Texas, United States of America
- Ryang Hwa Lee
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Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine at Scott and White, Temple, Texas, United States of America
- Ji Min Yu
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Current address: Department of Translational Research, CHA Bio & Diostech Co., Ltd. Yeoksam dong, Gangnam gu, Republic of Korea
Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine at Scott and White, Temple, Texas, United States of America
- Jun Watanabe
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Current address: Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, Hatanodai, Shinakawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine at Scott and White, Temple, Texas, United States of America
- Su Yeon An
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Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine at Scott and White, Temple, Texas, United States of America
- Thomas J. Bartosh
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Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine at Scott and White, Temple, Texas, United States of America
- Darwin J. Prockop
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* E-mail: Prockop@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine at Scott and White, Temple, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
DJP is chair of the scientific advisory board and has a small equity share (<5%) in Temple Therapeutics LLC that has an interest in rTSG-6. The other authors do not have any potential conflicts of interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DKK DJP. Performed the experiments: DKK HN HC SA TJB JW JO JY CG RL. Analyzed the data: DKK DJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DKK HN CG JO RL. Wrote the paper: DKK DJP.