About the Authors

Maria João Lima

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria João Lima, Hilary M. Docherty

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Hilary M. Docherty

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria João Lima, Hilary M. Docherty

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Yuanxiao Chen

Current address: Department of Cell Biology and Medical Genetics, Kunming Medical College, Kunming, China

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Ludovic Vallier

Affiliation The Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Kevin Docherty

k.docherty@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KD HMD MJL LV. Performed the experiments: MJL HMD YC. Analyzed the data: MJL HMD LV KD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LV KD. Wrote the paper: MJL KD LV.