About the Authors

William K. A. Sikkema

Contributed equally to this work with: William K. A. Sikkema, Arend Strikwerda

Affiliation Department of Biology, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada

Arend Strikwerda

Contributed equally to this work with: William K. A. Sikkema, Arend Strikwerda

Affiliation Department of Biology, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada

Manju Sharma

Affiliation Vancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Kiran Assi

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Baljinder Salh

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Michael E. Cox

Affiliation Vancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Julia Mills

julia.mills@twu.ca

Affiliations Department of Biology, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada, Adjunct, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, External Associate Member, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WKAS AS BS MEC JM. Performed the experiments: WKAS AS KA MS JM. Analyzed the data: WKAS AS MS KA MEC JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS MEC JM. Wrote the paper: JM.