About the Authors

Takehiro Iki

Contributed equally to this work with: Takehiro Iki, Michihiro Tanaka

Affiliations Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Michihiro Tanaka

Contributed equally to this work with: Takehiro Iki, Michihiro Tanaka

Affiliation Information and Security Office, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Shin-ichiro Kitajiri

Affiliation Department of Hearing Implant Sciences, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Tomoko Kita

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Yuri Kawasaki

Affiliation Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Akifumi Mizukoshi

Affiliations Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Wataru Fujibuchi

Affiliation Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Takayuki Nakagawa

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Tatsutoshi Nakahata

Affiliation Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Juichi Ito

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Hearing Communication Medical Center, Shiga Medical Center Research Institute, Shiga, Japan

Koichi Omori

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Megumu K. Saito

msaito@cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors declare no competing financial interests.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: TI MT SK TK MKS. Data curation: TI MT. Formal analysis: TI MT. Funding acquisition: TI SK MKS. Investigation: TI MT TK YK AM. Methodology: TI SK TK. Project administration: TI SK MKS. Resources: TI SK TK. Software: MT WF. Supervision: WF T. Nakagawa T. Nakahata JI KO MKS. Validation: TI MT TK SK MKS. Visualization: TI MT TK MKS. Writing – original draft: TI MT TK MKS. Writing – review & editing: TI MT TK MKS.