About the Authors

Yoshinori Ohno

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Shin'ichiro Yasunaga

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Salima Janmohamed

Affiliation Ontario Cancer Institute, McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Departments of Medical Biophysics and Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Motoaki Ohtsubo

Affiliations Department of Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Food and Fermentation Science, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Beppu University, Beppu, Oita, Japan

Keita Saeki

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Toshiaki Kurogi

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Keichiro Mihara

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Norman N. Iscove

Affiliation Ontario Cancer Institute, McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Departments of Medical Biophysics and Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Yoshihiro Takihara

takihara@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YT. Performed the experiments: YO SY SJ MO KS TK KM. Analyzed the data: YT NI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YT. Wrote the paper: YT NI.