About the Authors

Tina P. Dale

Affiliation Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

Alice de Castro

Affiliation Research Centre for Clinical & Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Nicola J. Kuiper

Affiliation Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

E. Kenneth Parkinson

Affiliation Research Centre for Clinical & Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Nicholas R. Forsyth

n.r.forsyth@keele.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NRF. Performed the experiments: TPD AC. Analyzed the data: TPD NRF NJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NRF NJK EKP. Wrote the paper: TPD NRF EKP NJK.