About the Authors

Hideki Uosaki

Affiliations Laboratory of Stem Cell Differentiation, Stem Cell Research Center, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroyuki Fukushima

Affiliations Laboratory of Stem Cell Differentiation, Stem Cell Research Center, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Ayako Takeuchi

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Satoshi Matsuoka

Affiliation Center for Innovation in Immunoregulative Technology and Therapeutics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Norio Nakatsuji

Affiliation Department of Development and Differentiation, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Shinya Yamanaka

Affiliation Department of Reprogramming Science, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Jun K. Yamashita

juny@frontier.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Laboratory of Stem Cell Differentiation, Stem Cell Research Center, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HU JKY. Performed the experiments: HU HF AT SM. Analyzed the data: HU JKY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SY NN. Wrote the paper: HU JKY.