About the Authors
- Azadeh Hosseini-Tabatabaei
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Reza Baradar Jalili
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Yunyuan Li
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Ruhangiz T. Kilani
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Alireza Moeen Rezakhanlou
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Aziz Ghahary
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* E-mail: aghahary@interchange.ubc.ca
Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AHT RBJ YL AMR AG. Performed the experiments: AHT RBJ. Analyzed the data: AHT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RTK AG. Wrote the paper: AHT. Troubleshooting of experiments: AHT YL RBJ AG. Designing specific MHC primers for PCR analysis: AMR. Preparation of diabetic NOD dermal fibroblasts: RTK. Review and edition of the manuscript: AHT RBJ YL AG. Contribution to discussion: AHT RBJ YL AG.