Identification of Hepatic Niche Harboring Human Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemic Cells via the SDF-1/CXCR4 Axis

• Itaru Kato,

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Akira Niwa,

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Toshio Heike,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Hisanori Fujino,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Megumu K. Saito,

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Katsutsugu Umeda,

  Affiliation Centre for Stem Cell Research, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Hidefumi Hiramatsu,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Mamoru Ito,

  Affiliation Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Makiko Morita,

  Affiliation Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Yoko Nishinaka,

  Affiliation Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Souichi Adachi,

  Affiliation Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Fumihiko Ishikawa,

  Affiliation Research Unit for Human Disease Models, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Tatsutoshi Nakahata

  * E-mail: tnakaha@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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