About the Authors

Gary P. Brennan

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Eva M. Jimenez-Mateos

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Ross C. McKiernan

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Tobias Engel

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Guri Tzivion

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

David C. Henshall

dhenshall@rcsi.ie

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GB EJ GT DH. Performed the experiments: GB EJ RM TE. Analyzed the data: GB EJ DH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GT. Wrote the paper: GB DH.