About the Authors

Katherine V. Clark-Knowles

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Mary K. Senterman

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Olga Collins

Affiliation Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Barbara C. Vanderhyden

bvanderhyden@ohri.ca

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BCV. Performed the experiments: KVCK OC. Analyzed the data: KVCK MKS BCV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MKS. Wrote the paper: KVCK BCV.