About the Authors

Alix Bee

Affiliation Section of Cellular Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Daniel Brewer

Affiliation Molecular Carcinogenesis Group, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom

Carol Beesley

Affiliation Section of Cellular Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Andrew Dodson

Affiliation Section of Cellular Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Shiva Forootan

Affiliation Section of Cellular Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Timothy Dickinson

Affiliation Section of Cellular Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Patricia Gerard

Affiliation Section of Cellular Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Brian Lane

Affiliation Liverpool Microarray Facility, Centre for Genomic Research, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Sheng Yao

Affiliation Section of Cellular Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Colin S. Cooper

Affiliation Molecular Carcinogenesis Group, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom

Mustafa B. A. Djamgoz

Affiliation Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Christine M. Gosden

Affiliation Section of Cellular Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Youqiang Ke

Affiliation Section of Cellular Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Christopher S. Foster

csfoster@liv.ac.uk

Affiliation Section of Cellular Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB CSF . Performed the experiments: CB AD SF TD PG SY. Analyzed the data: DB BL MBAD CMG CSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CSC MBAD YK. Wrote the paper: AB CSF CSC MBAD.