About the Authors

Li Xie

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Subhankar Dolai

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Youhou Kang

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Tao Liang

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Huanli Xie

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Tairan Qin

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Lu Yang

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China

Liangyi Chen

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China

Herbert Y. Gaisano

herbert.gaisano@utoronto.ca

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LX SD YK HX HG. Performed the experiments: LX SD YK HX. Analyzed the data: LX SD YK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LX SD YK TL HX TQ LY. Wrote the paper: LX HG. Critiqued the ms: LC.