About the Authors

Chatchawan Singhapol

Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Deepali Pal

Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Rafal Czapiewski

Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Mahendar Porika

Current address: Department of Biotechnology, Kakatiya University, Warangal, India

Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Glyn Nelson

Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Gabriele C. Saretzki

gabriele.saretzki@ncl.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Gabriele Saretzki is a PLOS ONE editor and Editorial Board member. 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: GS. Performed the experiments: CS RC DP MP GN. Analyzed the data: CS RC GN GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS GN. Wrote the paper: GS.