About the Authors

Judith J. Eckert

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom, Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Richard Porter

Affiliation Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Adam J. Watkins

Affiliation Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Elizabeth Burt

Affiliation Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Suzanne Brooks

Affiliation Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Henry J. Leese

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, The Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Peter G. Humpherson

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Iain T. Cameron

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Tom P. Fleming

tpf@soton.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJE RP AJW ITC TPF. Performed the experiments: JJE RP AJW EB SB PGH. Analyzed the data: JJE RP AJW HJL PGH. Wrote the paper: JJE TPF. Corrected and approved the final manuscript: JJE RP AJW EB SB HJL ITC TPF.