About the Authors

Radka Gromnicova

Affiliation Biomedical Research Network, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Heather A. Davies

Affiliation Biomedical Research Network, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Peddagangannagari Sreekanthreddy

Affiliation Biomedical Research Network, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Ignacio A. Romero

Affiliation Biomedical Research Network, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Torben Lund

Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

Ivan M. Roitt

Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

James B. Phillips

Affiliation Biomedical Research Network, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

David K. Male

D.K.Male@Open.ac.uk

Affiliation Biomedical Research Network, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RG IAR JP PS DM. Performed the experiments: RG HD. Analyzed the data: DM RG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IR TL JP. Wrote the paper: DM RG IR TL JP IAR.