About the Authors

Becky A. S. Bibby

Affiliation School of Biological, Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, United States of America

John V. Reynolds

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St. James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Stephen G. Maher

s.maher@hull.ac.uk

Affiliations School of Biological, Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St. James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BASB SGM. Performed the experiments: BASB SGM. Analyzed the data: BASB SGM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SGM JVR. Wrote the paper: BASB SGM. Performed patient surgeries and facilitated patient consent and biopsy acquisition: JVR.