About the Authors

Qingda Hu

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Huanran Tan

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Health Sciences Center, Peking University, Beijing, China

David M. Irwin

david.irwin@utoronto.ca

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pharmacology, Health Sciences Center, Peking University, Beijing, China, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QH HT DMI. Performed the experiments: QH DMI. Analyzed the data: QH DMI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QH HT DMI. Wrote the paper: QH HT DMI.