About the Authors

Li Xie

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dan Zhu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Youhou Kang

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tao Liang

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Yu He

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Herbert Y. Gaisano

herbert.gaisano@utoronto.ca

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LX. Performed the experiments: LX DZ YK TL YH. Analyzed the data: LX DZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LX. Wrote the paper: LX HG.