About the Authors

Philip Roelandt

Contributed equally to this work with: Philip Roelandt, Karen Ann Pauwelyn, Pau Sancho-Bru, Kartik Subramanian

Ka.pauwelyn@gmail.com (KAP); Philip.roelandt@med.kuleuven.be (PR)

Affiliations Interdepartmental Stem Cell Institute Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium, Hepatology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Karen Ann Pauwelyn

Contributed equally to this work with: Philip Roelandt, Karen Ann Pauwelyn, Pau Sancho-Bru, Kartik Subramanian

Ka.pauwelyn@gmail.com (KAP); Philip.roelandt@med.kuleuven.be (PR)

Affiliations Interdepartmental Stem Cell Institute Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium, Hepatology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Pau Sancho-Bru

Contributed equally to this work with: Philip Roelandt, Karen Ann Pauwelyn, Pau Sancho-Bru, Kartik Subramanian

Affiliation Interdepartmental Stem Cell Institute Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium

Kartik Subramanian

Contributed equally to this work with: Philip Roelandt, Karen Ann Pauwelyn, Pau Sancho-Bru, Kartik Subramanian

Affiliations Stem Cell Institute Minnesota, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Bipasha Bose

Affiliation Interdepartmental Stem Cell Institute Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium

Laura Ordovas

Affiliation Interdepartmental Stem Cell Institute Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium

Kim Vanuytsel

Affiliation Interdepartmental Stem Cell Institute Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium

Martine Geraerts

Affiliation Interdepartmental Stem Cell Institute Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium

Meri Firpo

Affiliation Stem Cell Institute Minnesota, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Rita De Vos

Affiliation Pathology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Johan Fevery

Affiliation Hepatology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Frederik Nevens

Affiliation Hepatology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Wei-Shou Hu

Affiliations Stem Cell Institute Minnesota, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Catherine M. Verfaillie

Affiliation Interdepartmental Stem Cell Institute Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

C. Verfaillie is a consultant for Athersys, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America) and receives research funding regarding studies on human multipotent adult progenitor cells. This funding was not used for the current manuscript and therefore does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PR KP PSB KS CMV. Performed the experiments: PR KP PSB KS LO KV. Analyzed the data: PR KP PSB KS MG MF JF WSH CMV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LO KV MG MF RDV JF FN WSH CMV. Wrote the paper: PR KP PSB KS.