About the Authors

Jiao Li

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Mohammad S. Imtiaz

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Nicole A. Beard

Affiliation John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Angela F. Dulhunty

Affiliation John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Rick Thorne

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Dirk F. vanHelden

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Derek R. Laver

Derek.Laver@newcastle.edu.au

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL MSI NAB AFD RT DFV DRL. Performed the experiments: JL NAB DRL. Analyzed the data: JL NAB DRL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NAB AFD DFV DRL. Wrote the paper: JL DRL AFD.