About the Authors

Céline Aguer

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Daniela Gambarotta

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ryan J. Mailloux

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Cynthia Moffat

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Robert Dent

Affiliation Ottawa Hospital Weight Management Clinic, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ruth McPherson

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Mary-Ellen Harper

mharper@uottawa.ca

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CA MEH. Performed the experiments: CA DG RJM CM. Analyzed the data: CA DG RJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RD RM MEH. Wrote the paper: CA DG RJM MEH.