About the Authors
- Takuma Fukunishi
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
- Cameron A. Best
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Affiliation Tissue Engineering and Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States of America
- Tadahisa Sugiura
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Affiliation Tissue Engineering and Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States of America
- Toshihiro Shoji
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Affiliation Tissue Engineering and Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States of America
- Tai Yi
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Affiliation Tissue Engineering and Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States of America
- Brooks Udelsman
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Affiliation Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America
- Devan Ohst
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Affiliation Nanofiber Solutions Inc, Columbus, OH, United States of America
- Chin Siang Ong
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
- Huaitao Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
- Toshiharu Shinoka
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Affiliation Tissue Engineering and Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States of America
- Christopher K. Breuer
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Affiliation Tissue Engineering and Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States of America
- Jed Johnson
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Affiliation Nanofiber Solutions Inc, Columbus, OH, United States of America
- Narutoshi Hibino
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* E-mail: nhibino1@jhmi.edu
Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
Competing Interests
This study was supported by electrospun nanofiber PCL/CS Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts from Nanofiber Solution Inc. Nanonfiber solutions has no patents to declare. C. Breuer and T. Shinoka received grant support from Gunze Ltd (Kyoto, Japan). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to the PLOS ONE policies on sharing materials and data.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TF T. Shinoka C. Breuer JJ NH. Performed the experiments: TF C. Best T. Sugiura T. Shoji TY BU DO NH. Analyzed the data: TF C. Best DO JJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TF C. Best T. Sugiura TY T. Shinoka C. Breuer BU DO JJ NH. Wrote the paper: TF C. Best T. Shoji T. Shinoka C. Breuer JJ CSO HZ NH. Mouse study: TY T. Shinoka C. Breuer BU DO JJ NH. Sheep study: TF C. Best T. Sugiura T. Shoji T. Shinoka C. Breuer DO JJ NH.