About the Authors
- Philip Roelandt
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Contributed equally to this work with: Philip Roelandt, Karen Ann Pauwelyn, Pau Sancho-Bru, Kartik Subramanian
* E-mail: 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
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Contributed equally to this work with: Philip Roelandt, Karen Ann Pauwelyn, Pau Sancho-Bru, Kartik Subramanian
* E-mail: 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
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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
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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
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Affiliation Interdepartmental Stem Cell Institute Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
- Laura Ordovas
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Affiliation Interdepartmental Stem Cell Institute Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
- Kim Vanuytsel
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Affiliation Interdepartmental Stem Cell Institute Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
- Martine Geraerts
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Affiliation Interdepartmental Stem Cell Institute Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
- Meri Firpo
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Affiliation Stem Cell Institute Minnesota, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Rita De Vos
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Affiliation Pathology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Johan Fevery
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Affiliation Hepatology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
- Frederik Nevens
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Affiliation Hepatology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
- Wei-Shou Hu
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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
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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.