About the Authors

Takuma Fukunishi

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Cameron A. Best

Affiliation Tissue Engineering and Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Tadahisa Sugiura

Affiliation Tissue Engineering and Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Toshihiro Shoji

Affiliation Tissue Engineering and Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Tai Yi

Affiliation Tissue Engineering and Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Brooks Udelsman

Affiliation Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America

Devan Ohst

Affiliation Nanofiber Solutions Inc, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Chin Siang Ong

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Huaitao Zhang

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Toshiharu Shinoka

Affiliation Tissue Engineering and Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Christopher K. Breuer

Affiliation Tissue Engineering and Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Jed Johnson

Affiliation Nanofiber Solutions Inc, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Narutoshi Hibino

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.