About the Authors

Mingyue Deng

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Biological Science, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, International Medical College, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Daniel S. March

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Darren R. Churchwood

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Hannah M. L. Young

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Leicester Diabetes Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Patrick J. Highton

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East Midlands, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Matthew J. Denniff

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Matthew P. M. Graham-Brown

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

James O. Burton

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Luke A. Baker

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

luke.baker@leicester.ac.uk

Affiliations Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Leicester Diabetes Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, Department of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.