About the Authors

Emeka A. Okoroma

Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

Diane Purchase

d.purchase@mdx.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

Hemda Garelick

Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

Roger Morris

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Michael H. Neale

Current address: Cells for Sight, University College London, Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA), Surrey, United Kingdom

Otto Windl

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA), Surrey, United Kingdom

Oduola O. Abiola

Affiliation PAP Rashidah Sa’adatul Bolkiah Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EO DP HG RM MN OW OA. Performed the experiments: EO MN. Analyzed the data: EO DP HG RM MN OW OA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM OW. Wrote the paper: EO DP HG RM MN OW OA.