About the Authors

Lijun Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Lijun Li, Alexander A. Velumian

Affiliation Division of Genetics and Development, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Alexander A. Velumian

Contributed equally to this work with: Lijun Li, Alexander A. Velumian

Affiliations Division of Genetics and Development, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Division of Neurosurgery, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Marina Samoilova

Affiliation Division of Genetics and Development, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Michael G. Fehlings

michael.fehlings@uhn.ca

Affiliations Division of Genetics and Development, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Division of Neurosurgery, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Krembil Neuroscience Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: LL AAV MS MGF. Formal analysis: LL AAV MS. Funding acquisition: MGF. Investigation: LL AAV. Methodology: LL AAV MS MGF. Writing – original draft: LL AAV MS MGF. Writing – review & editing: LL AAV MS MGF.