About the Authors

Kerina H. Jones

k.h.jones@swansea.ac.uk

Affiliation College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

David V. Ford

Affiliation College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

Philip A. Jones

Affiliation College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

Ann John

Affiliation College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

Rodden M. Middleton

Affiliation College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

Hazel Lockhart-Jones

Affiliation College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

Jeffrey Peng

Affiliation College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

Lisa A. Osborne

Affiliation Long Term and Chronic Conditions Centre, College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

J. Gareth Noble

Affiliation College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KHJ DVF PAJ JGN. Performed the experiments: KHJ PAJ. Analyzed the data: KHJ PAJ AJ RMM LAO JGN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DVF RMM HL-J JP. Wrote the paper: KHJ DVF PAJ AJ RMM HL-J JP LAO JGN. Critically revised the draft for important intellectual content and provided final approval of the version to be published: KHJ DVF PAJ AJ RMM HL-J JP LAO JGN.