About the Authors

Eric Albert

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

John Walker

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

Aducio Thiesen

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Thomas Churchill

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

Karen Madsen

karen.madsen@ualberta.ca

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EA JW KM. Performed the experiments: EA TC AT. Analyzed the data: EA TC AT KM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KM. Wrote the paper: EA KM.