About the Authors

Emilene Breedt

Affiliation Cardio-Metabolic Research Group (CMRG), Department of Physiological Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Lydia Lacerda

Affiliation Cardio-Metabolic Research Group (CMRG), Department of Physiological Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

M. Faadiel Essop

mfessop@sun.ac.za

Affiliation Cardio-Metabolic Research Group (CMRG), Department of Physiological Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MFE LL EB. Data curation: EB MFE. Formal analysis: EB MFE. Funding acquisition: MFE. Investigation: EB LL. Methodology: EB LL MFE. Project administration: MFE LL. Resources: MFE. Supervision: MFE LL. Validation: EB LL MFE. Visualization: EB LL MFE. Writing – original draft: EB MFE. Writing – review & editing: EB LL MFE.