About the Authors

Umair Akram

umair.akram@northumbria.ac.uk

Affiliation Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Jason G. Ellis

Affiliation Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Nicola L. Barclay

Affiliation Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UA JGE NLB. Performed the experiments: UA JGE NLB. Analyzed the data: UA JGE NLB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UA JGE NLB. Wrote the paper: UA JGE NLB.