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The FV3000 confocal microscope was funded by a grant (INST 89/506-1 FUGG, 91b GG) from the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) to Weber BHF.

Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
The culture and differentiation of hiPSC from human donor material were approved by the Ethics Review
Board of the University of Regensburg, Germany (reference no. 12-101-0241) and have been performed in
accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later
amendments. Informed consent was given by the probands participating in the study.

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