About the Authors

Xiaohong Tracey Gan

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Ganjian Zhao

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Cathy X. Huang

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Adrianna C. Rowe

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Daniel M. Purdham

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Morris Karmazyn

Morris.Karmazyn@schulich.uwo.ca

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XTG MK. Performed the experiments: XTG GZ CXH ACR DMP. Analyzed the data: XTG GZ ACR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK. Wrote the paper: XTG MK.