Rat hair-follicle-associated pluripotent (HAP) stem cells can differentiate into atrial or ventricular cardiomyocytes in culture controlled by specific supplementation

• Nanako Takaoka ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nanako Takaoka, Yuko Hamada, Nobuko Arakawa

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Minami Ward, Sagamihara, Japan, Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Minami Ward, Sagamihara, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5408-7226

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• Michiko Yamane ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  ¶‡ MY, AH, KO, KS and RA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Minami Ward, Sagamihara, Japan

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• Ayami Hasegawa ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  ¶‡ MY, AH, KO, KS and RA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Minami Ward, Sagamihara, Japan, Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Minami Ward, Sagamihara, Japan

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• Koya Obara ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  ¶‡ MY, AH, KO, KS and RA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Minami Ward, Sagamihara, Japan

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• Kyoumi Shirai ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  ¶‡ MY, AH, KO, KS and RA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Minami Ward, Sagamihara, Japan

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• Ryoichi Aki ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  ¶‡ MY, AH, KO, KS and RA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Minami Ward, Sagamihara, Japan

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• Hiroyasu Hatakeyama,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Minami Ward, Sagamihara, Japan

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• Yuko Hamada ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nanako Takaoka, Yuko Hamada, Nobuko Arakawa

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Minami Ward, Sagamihara, Japan

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• Nobuko Arakawa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nanako Takaoka, Yuko Hamada, Nobuko Arakawa

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Minami Ward, Sagamihara, Japan

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• Manabu Tanaka,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Bio-Imaging Center, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Minami Ward, Sagamihara, Japan

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• Robert M. Hoffman ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yasuyukiamoh@aol.com (YA); all@anticancer.com (RMH)

  Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States of America

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• Yasuyuki Amoh

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yasuyukiamoh@aol.com (YA); all@anticancer.com (RMH)

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Minami Ward, Sagamihara, Japan

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