About the Authors

Yuko Seko

Affiliations Department of Reproductive Biology, Center for Regenerative Medicine, National Institute for Child Health and Development, Okura, Setagaya, Japan, Sensory Functions Section, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Tokorozawa, Japan

Noriyuki Azuma

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Setagaya, Japan

Makoto Kaneda

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Japan

Kei Nakatani

Affiliation Institute of Biological Science, Tsukuba University, Ten-noudai, Japan

Yoshitaka Miyagawa

Affiliation Sensory Functions Section, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Tokorozawa, Japan

Yuuki Noshiro

Affiliation Sensory Functions Section, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Tokorozawa, Japan

Reiko Kurokawa

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Biology, Center for Regenerative Medicine, National Institute for Child Health and Development, Okura, Setagaya, Japan

Hideyuki Okano

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Japan

Akihiro Umezawa

umezawa@1985.jukuin.keio.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Biology, Center for Regenerative Medicine, National Institute for Child Health and Development, Okura, Setagaya, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YS NA HO AU. Performed the experiments: YS YN RK. Analyzed the data: YS MK KN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YM. Wrote the paper: YS AU.