About the Authors

Neil J. Spratt

neil.spratt@newcastle.edu.au

Affiliations School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Newcastle, and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia, Hunter New England Local Health District, Newcastle, Australia

Amelia J. Tomkins

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Newcastle, and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia

Debbie Pepperall

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Newcastle, and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia

Damian D. McLeod

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Newcastle, and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia

Mike B. Calford

Affiliations School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Newcastle, and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia, School of Medicine, The University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NS MC. Performed the experiments: NS AT DP DM. Analyzed the data: NS AT DP DM. Wrote the paper: NS AT DM MC.