About the Authors

Louise A. Walker

Contributed equally to this work with: Louise A. Walker, Carol A. Munro

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Carol A. Munro

Contributed equally to this work with: Louise A. Walker, Carol A. Munro

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Irene de Bruijn

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Megan D. Lenardon

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Alastair McKinnon

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Neil A. R. Gow

n.gow@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LW CM NG. Performed the experiments: LW CM ID ML AM. Analyzed the data: LW CM ID ML AM NG. Wrote the paper: LW CM NG.