About the Authors

Hong Xin

hxin@chnola-research.org

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and Research Institute for Children, Children's Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Jonathan Cartmell

Affiliation Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Justin J. Bailey

Affiliation Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Sebastian Dziadek

Current address: Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany

Affiliation Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

David R. Bundle

Affiliation Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Jim E. Cutler

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and Research Institute for Children, Children's Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HX JEC DRB. Performed the experiments: HX JC JJB SD DRB JEC. Analyzed the data: HX JEC DRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HX JC JJB SD DRB JEC. Wrote the paper: HX JEC DRB.