About the Authors

Zaikun Xu

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Eugene L. Asahchop

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

William G. Branton

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Benjamin B. Gelman

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Christopher Power

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Women & Childrens Health Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Tom C. Hobman

tom.hobman@ualberta.ca

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Women & Childrens Health Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ZX ELA CP TCH. Data curation: ELA WGB CP. Formal analysis: ELA WGB CP. Funding acquisition: CP TCH. Investigation: ZX ELA WGB. Methodology: ZX ELA CP TCH. Project administration: ZX ELA CP TCH. Resources: BBG CP. Supervision: CP TCH. Validation: ZX ELA CP TCH. Visualization: ZX ELA CP TCH. Writing – original draft: ZX ELA CP TCH. Writing – review & editing: ZX ELA CP TCH.