About the Authors

Stephen E. Roberts

stephen.e.roberts@swansea.ac.uk

Affiliation College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Kymberley Thorne

Affiliation College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Ashley Akbari

Affiliation College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

David G. Samuel

Affiliations College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom, West Wales General Hospital, Carmarthen, United Kingdom

John G. Williams

Affiliation College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SER JGW DGS. Performed the experiments: SER AA KT. Analyzed the data: KT AA SER. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA KT SER. Wrote the paper: SER JGW DGS KT. Reviewed the literature: SER.