About the Authors

Jennifer K. Ventress

Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Lynda J. Partridge

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Robert C. Read

Affiliation Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Daniel Cozens

Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Sheila MacNeil

‡ These authors are joint last authors on this work.

Affiliation Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Peter N. Monk

p.monk@sheffield.ac.uk

‡ These authors are joint last authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJP PNM RCR SM. Performed the experiments: JKV DC. Analyzed the data: JKV PNM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LJP RCR SM PNM. Wrote the paper: JKV PNM.