About the Authors

Su-Jin Kim

Affiliation Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences and the Diabetes Research Group, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Cuilan Nian

Affiliation Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences and the Diabetes Research Group, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Subashini Karunakaran

Affiliation Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences and the Diabetes Research Group, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Susanne M. Clee

Affiliation Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences and the Diabetes Research Group, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Carlos M. Isales

Affiliation Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Christopher H. S. McIntosh

mcintoch@mail.ubc.ca

Affiliation Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences and the Diabetes Research Group, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJK CHSM. Performed the experiments: SJK CN SK. Analyzed the data: SJK CHSM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMC CMI. Wrote the paper: SJK CHSM.