About the Authors

Mats I. Nilsson

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mnilsson7714@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Exerkine Corporation, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jacqueline M. Bourgeois

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Joshua P. Nederveen

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Marlon R. Leite

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Bart P. Hettinga

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Exerkine Corporation, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Adam L. Bujak

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Exerkine Corporation, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Linda May

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Ethan Lin

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Michael Crozier

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Daniel R. Rusiecki

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Exerkine Corporation, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Chris Moffatt

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Paul Azzopardi

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jacob Young

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Yifan Yang

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jenny Nguyen

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Ethan Adler

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Lucy Lan

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Mark A. Tarnopolsky

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Exerkine Corporation, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University Medical Center (MUMC), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

Exerkine Corporation is a biotechnology company that develops and commercializes therapies based on supplements, exercise-derived factors (‘exerkines’), and extracellular vesicles to treat genetic disorders, chronic diseases, and aging. MAT is the founder, CEO, and CSO of Exerkine Corporation, which provided support in the form of salaries for MIN, ALB, BPH, and DR. MAT, MIN, ALB, BPH, and LM are also shareholders in the company. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.