About the Authors

Ronan W. Glynn

ronanglynn@doctors.org.uk

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Clinical Science Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

Ji Z. Chin

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Clinical Science Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

Michael J. Kerin

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Clinical Science Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

Karl J. Sweeney

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Clinical Science Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RWG JZC MJK KJS. Performed the experiments: RWG JZC MJK KJS. Analyzed the data: RWG JZC MJK KJS. Wrote the paper: RWG JZC MJK KJS.