About the Authors
- Satomi Iwai
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Affiliation Laboratory of Small Animal Surgery I, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Aomori, Japan
- Takeshi Kikuchi
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Affiliation Center for Development of Advanced Medical Technology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
- Naoya Kasahara
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Affiliation Center for Development of Advanced Medical Technology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
- Takumi Teratani
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Affiliation Center for Development of Advanced Medical Technology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
- Takashi Yokoo
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Affiliation Project Laboratory for Kidney Regeneration, Institute of DNA Medicine, Department Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Iwao Sakonju
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Affiliation Laboratory of Small Animal Surgery I, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Aomori, Japan
- Shouzou Okano
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Affiliation Laboratory of Small Animal Surgery II, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Aomori, Japan
- Eiji Kobayashi
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* E-mail: eijikoba@jichi.ac.jp
Affiliation Center for Development of Advanced Medical Technology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
Competing Interests
This study was funded by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc. (Naruto, Japan, http://www.otsukakj.jp/en/). EK is a chief scientific advisor at Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc.. This not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SI EK. Performed the experiments: SI TK NK TT TY IS SO. Analyzed the data: SI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SI TK TT EK. Wrote the paper: SI. Performed rat renal transplantations and obtained all samples about the rat renal transplantations model: SI. Pathological analysis: TY IS SO. Detection and quantification of transgene expression using a non-invasive in vivo imaging system: SI. Determination of fluorescence intensity of organ samples and measurement of ATP and ADP: TK. Measurement of kidney weight: NK.