About the Authors

Trish E. Parsons

Affiliations McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Charlene M. Downey

Affiliations McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Frank R. Jirik

Affiliations McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Benedikt Hallgrimsson

Affiliations McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Heather A. Jamniczky

hajamnic@ucalgary.ca

Affiliations McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TEP BH HAJ. Performed the experiments: TEP CMD. Analyzed the data: TEP HAJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMD FRJ BH. Wrote the paper: TEP FRJ BH HAJ.