About the Authors

Liam D. Harper

liam.harper@northumbria.ac.uk

Affiliation Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Melissa Fothergill

Affiliation Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Daniel J. West

Affiliation Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Emma Stevenson

Affiliation Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Mark Russell

Affiliation Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LDH MF DJW ES MR. Performed the experiments: LDH MF DJW ES MR. Analyzed the data: LDH MF DJW ES MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LDH MF DJW ES MR. Wrote the paper: LDH MF DJW ES MR.