About the Authors

Gianluca Turcatel

Affiliation Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nicole Rubin

Affiliation Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ahmed El-Hashash

Affiliation Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

David Warburton

dwarburton@chla.usc.edu

Affiliation Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GT NR AEH DW. Performed the experiments: GT AEH. Analyzed the data: GT NR DW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GT AEH DW. Wrote the paper: GT NR DW.