About the Authors

Keiko Tano

Affiliations Department of Reproductive Biology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan, Division of Cellular & Gene Therapy Products, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

Satoshi Yasuda

Affiliation Division of Cellular & Gene Therapy Products, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

Takuya Kuroda

Affiliation Division of Cellular & Gene Therapy Products, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

Hirohisa Saito

Affiliation National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Akihiro Umezawa

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Biology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Yoji Sato

yoji@nihs.go.jp

Affiliations Division of Cellular & Gene Therapy Products, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Quality Assurance Science for Pharmaceuticals, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Aichi, Japan, Department of Cellular & Gene Therapy Products, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, Department of Translational Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduated School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KT SY YS. Performed the experiments: KT. Analyzed the data: KT SY TK HS AU YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT SY TK HS AU YS. Wrote the paper: KT SY YS. Acquired the funding: HS AU YS.