About the Authors

Martin Guillot

Affiliations Groupe de Recherche en Pharmacologie Animale du Québec (GREPAQ), Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine – Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, Osteoarthritis Research Unit, Université de Montréal Hospital Centre, Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Polly M. Taylor

Affiliation Topcat Metrology, Gravel Head Farm, Downham Common, Little Downham, Nr Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Pascale Rialland

Affiliations Groupe de Recherche en Pharmacologie Animale du Québec (GREPAQ), Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine – Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, Osteoarthritis Research Unit, Université de Montréal Hospital Centre, Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Mary P. Klinck

Affiliations Groupe de Recherche en Pharmacologie Animale du Québec (GREPAQ), Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine – Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, Osteoarthritis Research Unit, Université de Montréal Hospital Centre, Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Johanne Martel-Pelletier

Affiliation Osteoarthritis Research Unit, Université de Montréal Hospital Centre, Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jean-Pierre Pelletier

Affiliation Osteoarthritis Research Unit, Université de Montréal Hospital Centre, Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Eric Troncy

eric.troncy@umontreal.ca

Affiliations Groupe de Recherche en Pharmacologie Animale du Québec (GREPAQ), Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine – Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, Osteoarthritis Research Unit, Université de Montréal Hospital Centre, Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. This study was partly supported by a Collaborative Research and Development grant (#RDCPJ 418399–11, supporting operations and salaries) in partnership with ArthroLab Inc from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. Dr. Pascale Rialland received a doctoral Industrial Innovation Scholarship from a partnership including NSERC of Canada, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies and ArthroLab, Inc. Polly M. Taylor is a director of Topcat Metrology, Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG PMT PR JMP JPP ET. Performed the experiments: MG PMT PR MPK ET. Analyzed the data: MG PMT ET. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMT. Wrote the paper: MG PMT PR MPK JMP JPP ET.