About the Authors

Lina M. E. Pettersson

Lina.Pettersson@med.lu.se

Current address: Department of Experimental Medical Science, Neuronano Research Center, BMC F10, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Affiliation CMSNRC & Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Nicole M. Geremia

Current address: BioTherapeutics Research Group, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Affiliation CMSNRC & Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Zhengxin Ying

Affiliation CMSNRC & Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Valerie M. K. Verge

Affiliation CMSNRC & Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMEP NMG ZY VMKV. Performed the experiments: LMEP NMG ZY VMKV. Analyzed the data: LMEP ZY VMKV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VMKV. Wrote the paper: LMEP. Edited the manuscript: VMKV.