About the Authors

Cherrie L. Small

Current address: Inflamax Research, 1310 Fewster Dr. Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Affiliation Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Lydia Xing

Affiliation Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Joseph B. McPhee

Current address: Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Affiliation Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Hong T. Law

Affiliation Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Brian K. Coombes

coombes@mcmaster.ca

Affiliations Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CLS JBM BKC. Funding acquisition: BKC. Methodology: CLS LX JBM HTL BKC. Supervision: BKC. Writing – original draft: CLS BKC.