About the Authors

Hoshimi Kanemura

Affiliations Division of Cell Therapy, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan, Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan

Masahiro J. Go

Affiliation Division of Cell Therapy, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan

Masayuki Shikamura

Affiliation Division of Cell Therapy, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan

Naoki Nishishita

Affiliation Division of Cell Therapy, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan

Noriko Sakai

Affiliation Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan

Hiroyuki Kamao

Affiliations Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan, Department of Ophthalmology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

Michiko Mandai

Affiliation Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan

Chikako Morinaga

Affiliation Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan

Masayo Takahashi

Affiliation Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan

Shin Kawamata

kawamata@fbri.org

Affiliations Division of Cell Therapy, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan, Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: H. Kanemura MJG SK. Performed the experiments: H. Kanemura. Analyzed the data: MS NN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NS H. Kamao MM CM MT. Wrote the paper: H. Kanemura SK.