About the Authors

Karen Bailey

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Manitoba Institute of Child Health (MICH), Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Maryam Rahimi Balaei

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Manitoba Institute of Child Health (MICH), Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Ashraf Mannan

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Goettingen, Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany

Marc R. Del Bigio

Affiliations Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Manitoba Institute of Child Health (MICH), Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Hassan Marzban

hassan.marzban@med.umanitoba.ca

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Manitoba Institute of Child Health (MICH), Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HM. Performed the experiments: KB MRB HM. Analyzed the data: KB HM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM MRD HM. Wrote the paper: KB MRB AM MRD HM.