About the Authors

Masafumi Ihara

ihara@ncvc.go.jp (MI); kmokada@sumoto.gr.jp (MO)

Affiliations Department of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Hospital, Osaka, Japan, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

Madoka Nishino

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Sumoto Itsuki Hospital, Hyogo, Japan

Akihiko Taguchi

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Research, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Hyogo, Japan

Yumi Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

Yorito Hattori

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

Satoshi Saito

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

Yukako Takahashi

Affiliation Department of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Masahiro Tsuji

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

Yukiko Kasahara

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Research, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Hyogo, Japan

Yu Takata

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Sumoto Itsuki Hospital, Hyogo, Japan

Masahiro Okada

ihara@ncvc.go.jp (MI); kmokada@sumoto.gr.jp (MO)

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Sumoto Itsuki Hospital, Hyogo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MI AT MT MO. Performed the experiments: MI MN SS Y. Takahashi TK Y. Takata. Analyzed the data: YK YY YH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MI YK YH. Wrote the paper: MI AT MO.