About the Authors
- Ishtiaq Rehman
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ishtiaq Rehman, Caroline A. Evans
* E-mail: i.rehman@sheffield.ac.uk
Affiliation Department of Human Metabolism, The Medical School, The Mellanby Centre for Bone Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Caroline A. Evans
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ishtiaq Rehman, Caroline A. Evans
Affiliations Department of Human Metabolism, The Medical School, The Mellanby Centre for Bone Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Biological and Environmental Systems Group, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, ChELSI Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Adam Glen
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Affiliation Department of Human Metabolism, The Medical School, The Mellanby Centre for Bone Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Simon S. Cross
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Affiliation Academic Unit of Pathology, Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Colby L. Eaton
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Affiliation Department of Human Metabolism, The Medical School, The Mellanby Centre for Bone Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Jenny Down
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Affiliation Department of Human Metabolism, The Medical School, The Mellanby Centre for Bone Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Giancarlo Pesce
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Affiliation Department of Human Metabolism, The Medical School, The Mellanby Centre for Bone Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Joshua T. Phillips
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Affiliation Department of Urology, City Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Ow Saw Yen
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Affiliation Biological and Environmental Systems Group, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, ChELSI Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- George N. Thalmann
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Anna-Seiler-Haus, University of Bern, InselspitalInselspital, Bern, Switzerland
- Phillip C. Wright
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Affiliation Biological and Environmental Systems Group, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, ChELSI Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Freddie C. Hamdy
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Affiliation Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
We are grateful to Dr. Nicholas Hoyle at Roche Diagnostics, Penzberg, Germany for his support towards consumables and reagents for the project. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: IR AG CLE JTP FCH PCW. Performed the experiments: CAE AG SSC JD GP OSY. Analyzed the data: IR CAE CLE GP OSY PCW FCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSC CLE JTP GNT PCW. Wrote the paper: IR CLE FCH GNT PCW.