About the Authors

Hidetatsu Outani

Affiliations Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Minoru Okada

Affiliation Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Akihiro Yamashita

Affiliation Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Kanako Nakagawa

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Tokyo, Japan

Hideki Yoshikawa

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Noriyuki Tsumaki

ntsumaki@cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HO MO AY HY NT. Performed the experiments: HO MO AY KN NT. Analyzed the data: HO MO KN HY NT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HO MO AY KN HY NT. Wrote the paper: HO NT.