About the Authors
- Taito Nishino
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Affiliation Research Planning Department, Nissan Chemical Industries, Tokyo, Japan
- Changshan Wang
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Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Tokyo, Japan
- Makiko Mochizuki-Kashio
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Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Tokyo, Japan
- Mitsujiro Osawa
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Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Tokyo, Japan
- Hiromitsu Nakauchi
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Affiliations Division of Stem Cell Therapy, Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ERATO, Tokyo, Japan
- Atsushi Iwama
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* E-mail: aiwama@faculty.chiba-u.jp
Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
Taito Nishino is an employee of Nissan Chemical Industries, LTD. There is a pending patent ("The Method to Expand Hematopoietic Stem cells" Japanese Patent Application No. 2010-188594). There are no products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TN AI. Performed the experiments: TN CW KK MO AI. Analyzed the data: TN CW KK MO AI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TN HN AI. Wrote the paper: TN HN AI.