About the Authors

François Coulombe

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center and Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Stéphanie Fiola

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center and Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Shizuo Akira

Affiliation Laboratory of Host Defense, World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center and Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Yvon Cormier

Affiliation Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie du Québec and Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Jean Gosselin

jean.gosselin@crchul.ulaval.ca

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center and Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FC JG. Performed the experiments: FC SF. Analyzed the data: FC JG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA YC. Wrote the paper: FC JG.