About the Authors

Akihito Tanaka

Affiliations Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Immunology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

Knut Woltjen

Affiliation Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Katsuya Miyake

Affiliation Department of Histology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kida-gun, Kagawa, Japan

Akitsu Hotta

Affiliation Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Makoto Ikeya

Affiliation Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Takuya Yamamoto

Affiliation Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Tokiko Nishino

Affiliation Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Emi Shoji

Affiliations Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Growth Regulation, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Atsuko Sehara-Fujisawa

Affiliation Department of Growth Regulation, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Yasuko Manabe

Affiliation Department of Health Promotion Sciences, Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji City, Tokyo, Japan

Nobuharu Fujii

Affiliation Department of Health Promotion Sciences, Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji City, Tokyo, Japan

Kazunori Hanaoka

Affiliation Molecular Embryology, Department of Bioscience, School of Science, Kitasato University, Minami-ku, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa, Japan

Takumi Era

Affiliation Department of Cell Modulation, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

Satoshi Yamashita

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

Ken-ichi Isobe

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

En Kimura

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

Hidetoshi Sakurai

hsakurai@cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT KW KM MI AS KI EK HS. Performed the experiments: AT KW KM TN ES EK. Analyzed the data: AT KW TY KM HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AT KW AH YM NF KH TE SY. Wrote the paper: AT KW HS.