Yasutaka Hayashi1,2*, Kimihito Cojin Kawabata, MD, PhD1,3*, Yosuke Tanaka, PhD1*, Yasufumi Uehara, MD, PhD4*, Shigeru Kiryu, MD, PhD5*, Yasunori Ota, MD, PhD6*, Yusuke Yoshioka, PhD7*, Yo Mabuchi, PhD8*, Tatsuki Sugiyama, MD, PhD9*, Keiko Mikami, MSc1*, Moe Tamura, MSc1*, Tsuyoshi Fukushima, MD, PhD1*, Shuhei Asada, MD, PhD1,10*, Reina Takeda, MD, PhD1*, Yuya Kunisaki, MD, PhD4*, Tomofusa Fukuyama, MD, PhD1, Susumu Goyama, MD, PhD1*, Kazuaki Yokoyama, MD, PhD11, Arinobu Tojo, MD, PhD11, Yoshio Katayama, MD, PhD12, Fumio Arai, PhD4, Takashi Nagasawa, MD, PhD9*, Takahiro Ochiya, Ph.D7*, Daichi Inoue, MD, PhD2 and Toshio Kitamura, MD, PhD1
1Division of Cellular Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2Department of Hematology-Oncology, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe, Kobe, Japan
3Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Medical Oncology, Weill-Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY
4Department of Stem Cell Biology and Medicine/Cancer Stem Cell Research, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
5Department of Radiology, International University of Health and Welfare, School of Medicine, Nasushiobara, Japan
6Department of Pathology, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
7Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
8Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
9Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Immunology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences and Graduate School of Medicine, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
10The Institute of Laboratory Animals, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
11Department of Hematology/Oncology, Research Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
12Hematology, Department of Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan