About the Authors

Hidetoshi Sakurai

hsakurai@cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Growth Regulation, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Yasuko Sakaguchi

Affiliations Department of Growth Regulation, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Laboratory of Functional Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Emi Shoji

Affiliation Department of Growth Regulation, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Tokiko Nishino

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

Izumi Maki

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

Hiroshi Sakai

Affiliation Department of Growth Regulation, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Kazunori Hanaoka

Affiliation Molecular Embryology, Department of Bioscience, School of Science, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan

Akira Kakizuka

Affiliation Laboratory of Functional Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Atsuko Sehara-Fujisawa

Affiliation Department of Growth Regulation, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS AS. Performed the experiments: HS YS ES. Analyzed the data: HS YS ES AK AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TN IM HS KH. Wrote the paper: HS AS.