About the Authors

Li-Tao Cheng

Affiliations Stem Cell Engineering, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto Japan, Department of Nephrology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China

Shogo Nagata

Affiliations Stem Cell Engineering, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto Japan, JST CREST, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan

Kunio Hirano

Affiliation Stem Cell Engineering, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto Japan

Shinpei Yamaguchi

Affiliations Stem Cell Engineering, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto Japan, JST CREST, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan

Shigeo Horie

Affiliation Department of Urology, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan

Justin Ainscough

Affiliation Cardiovascular and Neuronal Remodelling, LIGHT, Leeds University, Leeds, United Kingdom

Takashi Tada

ttada@frontier.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Stem Cell Engineering, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto Japan, JST CREST, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TT. Performed the experiments: LC SN KH SY TT. Analyzed the data: LC SN KH SY TT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH. Wrote the paper: JA TT.