About the Authors

Geneviève Pilon

Contributed equally to this work with: Geneviève Pilon, Alexandre Charbonneau

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Québec Heart and Lung Institute (Laval Hospital), Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada, Laval University Hospital Research Center, Metabolism, Vascular and Renal Health Axis, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada

Alexandre Charbonneau

Contributed equally to this work with: Geneviève Pilon, Alexandre Charbonneau

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Québec Heart and Lung Institute (Laval Hospital), Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada, Laval University Hospital Research Center, Metabolism, Vascular and Renal Health Axis, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada

Phillip J. White

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Québec Heart and Lung Institute (Laval Hospital), Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada, Laval University Hospital Research Center, Metabolism, Vascular and Renal Health Axis, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada

Patrice Dallaire

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Québec Heart and Lung Institute (Laval Hospital), Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada, Laval University Hospital Research Center, Metabolism, Vascular and Renal Health Axis, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada

Mylène Perreault

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Québec Heart and Lung Institute (Laval Hospital), Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada, Laval University Hospital Research Center, Metabolism, Vascular and Renal Health Axis, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada

Sonia Kapur

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Québec Heart and Lung Institute (Laval Hospital), Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada, Laval University Hospital Research Center, Metabolism, Vascular and Renal Health Axis, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada

André Marette

andre.marette@criucpq.ulaval.ca

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Québec Heart and Lung Institute (Laval Hospital), Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada, Laval University Hospital Research Center, Metabolism, Vascular and Renal Health Axis, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM GP AC. Performed the experiments: GP AC PD MP SK. Analyzed the data: GP AC PJW AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM. Wrote the paper: GP PJW AM.