About the Authors
- Samantha Forster
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Affiliation Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Centre for Toxicology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Alfred E. Thumser
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Affiliation Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Centre for Toxicology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Steve R. Hood
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Affiliation PCD DMPK, GlaxoSmithKline, Ware, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
- Nick Plant
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* E-mail: N.Plant@Surrey.ac.uk
Affiliation Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Centre for Toxicology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have the following conflicts: Dr. Hood is an employee of GlaxoSmithKline, who part-funded the project. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SLF AET SRH NP. Performed the experiments: SLF. Analyzed the data: SLF AET NP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRH. Wrote the paper: NP.