About the Authors

Matthew J. Purser

Contributed equally to this work with: Matthew J. Purser, Prasad S. Dalvi

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Prasad S. Dalvi

Contributed equally to this work with: Matthew J. Purser, Prasad S. Dalvi

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Zi C. Wang

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Denise D. Belsham

d.belsham@utoronto.ca

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Departments of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Medicine, University of Toronto and Division of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJP PSD ZCW. Performed the experiments: MJP PSD ZCW. Analyzed the data: MJP PSD ZCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DDB. Wrote the paper: PSD DDB.