About the Authors

Ekatherina Stoyanova

Affiliations Laboratory of Biorheology and Medical Ultrasonics, University of Montreal Hospital Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Molecular Genetics and Development, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Marie Trudel

Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Development, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Hady Felfly

Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Development, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Wafaa Lemsaddek

Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Development, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Damien Garcia

Affiliation Laboratory of Biorheology and Medical Ultrasonics, University of Montreal Hospital Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Guy Cloutier

guy.cloutier@umontreal.ca

Affiliations Laboratory of Biorheology and Medical Ultrasonics, University of Montreal Hospital Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Radiology, Radio-Oncology and Nuclear Medicine; and Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ES GC MT. Performed the experiments: ES HF WL. Analyzed the data: ES GC DG MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GC MT. Wrote the paper: ES GC MT.