About the Authors

Hiroshi Sakai

Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroshi Sakai, Sumiaki Fukuda

Affiliation Stem Cells & Development, Department of Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, CNRS UMR 3738, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Sumiaki Fukuda

Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroshi Sakai, Sumiaki Fukuda

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Miki Nakamura

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Akiyoshi Uezumi

Affiliation Division for Therapies Against Intractable Diseases, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan

Yu-taro Noguchi

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Takahiko Sato

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Mitsuhiro Morita

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan

Harumoto Yamada

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan

Kunihiro Tsuchida

Affiliation Division for Therapies Against Intractable Diseases, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan

Shahragim Tajbakhsh

shahragim.tajbakhsh@pasteur.fr (ST); fukada@phs.osaka-u.ac.jp (SF)

Affiliation Stem Cells & Development, Department of Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, CNRS UMR 3738, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

So-ichiro Fukada

shahragim.tajbakhsh@pasteur.fr (ST); fukada@phs.osaka-u.ac.jp (SF)

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AU TS ST S. Fukada. Data curation: HS S. Fukuda ST S. Fukada. Formal analysis: HS S. Fukuda MN S. Fukada. Funding acquisition: AU ST S. Fukada. Investigation: HA S. Fukuda MN AU YN TS MM HY KT. Methodology: HS S. Fukuda AU TS ST S. Fukada. Project administration: AU ST S. Fukada. Resources: AU MM HY KT. Supervision: ST S. Fukada. Validation: HS S. Fukuda. Visualization: HS S. Fukuda ST S. Fukada. Writing – original draft: HS S. Fukuda S. Fukada. Writing – review & editing: KT ST.