About the Authors

Takuya Kuroda

Affiliations Division of Cellular and Gene Therapy Products, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan

Satoshi Yasuda

Affiliation Division of Cellular and Gene Therapy Products, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

Shinji Kusakawa

Affiliations Division of Cellular and Gene Therapy Products, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan

Naoya Hirata

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

Yasunari Kanda

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuhiro Suzuki

Affiliation Division of Cellular and Gene Therapy Products, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

Masayo Takahashi

Affiliations Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan, Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan

Shin-Ichi Nishikawa

Affiliations Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan, Laboratory of Stem Cell Research, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan

Shin Kawamata

Affiliation Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan

Yoji Sato

yoji@nihs.go.jp

Affiliations Division of Cellular and Gene Therapy Products, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan, Department of Pharmaceutical Quality Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK SY YS. Performed the experiments: TK SY NH. Analyzed the data: TK SY S. Kusakawa NH YK KS MT SN S. Kawamata YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK MT S. Kawamata. Wrote the paper: TK SY YS. Acquired the funding: SN S. Kawamata KS YS.