About the Authors

Gaëlle Chognard

Contributed equally to this work with: Gaëlle Chognard, Lisa Bellemare, Adam-Nicolas Pelletier

Affiliations Research Center, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Lisa Bellemare

Contributed equally to this work with: Gaëlle Chognard, Lisa Bellemare, Adam-Nicolas Pelletier

Affiliations Research Center, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Adam-Nicolas Pelletier

Contributed equally to this work with: Gaëlle Chognard, Lisa Bellemare, Adam-Nicolas Pelletier

Affiliations Research Center, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Maria C. Dominguez-Punaro

Affiliation Research Center, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Claudine Beauchamp

Affiliation Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josée Guyon

Affiliation Research Center, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Guy Charron

Affiliation Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Nicolas Morin

Affiliation Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Durga Sivanesan

Affiliation Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Vijay Kuchroo

Affiliation Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ramnik Xavier

Affiliation Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Stephen W. Michnick

Affiliation Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Sylvain Chemtob

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology, and Pharmacology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ste-Justine Research Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada

John D. Rioux

Affiliations Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Département de Médicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Sylvie Lesage

Sylvie.lesage@umontreal.ca

Affiliations Research Center, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: G. Chognard LB ANP MCDP CB G. Charron DS RX SWM SC JDR SL. Performed the experiments: G. Chognard LB ANP MCDP CB MJG NM. Analyzed the data: G. Chognard LB ANP MCDP CB G. Charron SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VK. Wrote the paper: G. Chognard LB ANP MCDP SWM JDR SL.