About the Authors

Laura Perin

Affiliations Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of Southern California Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sargis Sedrakyan

Affiliations Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of Southern California Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Stefano Giuliani

Affiliations Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of Southern California Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Stefano Da Sacco

Affiliations Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of Southern California Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Gianni Carraro

Affiliations Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of Southern California Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Liron Shiri

Affiliations Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of Southern California Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kevin V. Lemley

Affiliations Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of Southern California Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Michael Rosol

Affiliations Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of Southern California Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sam Wu

Affiliations Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of Southern California Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Anthony Atala

Affiliation Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

David Warburton

Affiliations Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of Southern California Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Roger E. De Filippo

rdefilippo@chla.usc.edu

Affiliations Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of Southern California Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 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: LP SS SG KVL AA DW REDF. Performed the experiments: LP SS SG SDS GC LS MR Sw. Analyzed the data: LP SS SG SDS KVL REDF. Wrote the paper: LP.