About the Authors

Damiano Conte

Affiliation Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Michael Huh

Affiliation Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Emma Goodall

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

Marilyne Delorme

Affiliations Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Robin J. Parks

Affiliations Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

David J. Picketts

dpicketts@ohri.ca

Affiliations Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exists.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DC MH DJP. Performed the experiments: DC MH EG MD. Analyzed the data: DC MH DJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DC MH EG MD RJP DJP. Wrote the paper: EG MH RJP DJP.