About the Authors

Kenny Schlosser

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

Lauralyn A. McIntyre

Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

R. James White

Affiliations Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Duncan J. Stewart

djstewart@ohri.ca

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

Competing Interests

KS received funding from a commercial source (Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.) through the Entelligence Young Investigator's grant. This does not alter the authors adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS. Performed the experiments: KS. Analyzed the data: KS LAM RJW DJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAM RJW DJS. Wrote the paper: KS LAM RJW DJS.