About the Authors
- Takeshi Ikuno
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Affiliations Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Hidetoshi Masumoto
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Affiliations Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Kohei Yamamizu
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Affiliation Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Miki Yoshioka
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Affiliation Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Kenji Minakata
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Tadashi Ikeda
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Ryuzo Sakata
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Jun K. Yamashita
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* E-mail: juny@cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Competing Interests
JKY is a founder, equity holder, and scientific adviser of iHeart Japan Corporation. JKY, TI and HM are co-inventors on pluripotent stem cell-related patents. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: TI JKY. Data curation: TI. Formal analysis: TI. Funding acquisition: JKY. Investigation: TI KY MY. Methodology: TI HM KY MY JKY. Project administration: JKY HM RS. Resources: TI MY. Supervision: HM KY KM TI RS JKY. Validation: MY. Visualization: TI. Writing – original draft: TI. Writing – review & editing: HM KY JKY.