About the Authors

Declan J. McKenna

dj.mckenna@ulster.ac.uk

Affiliation Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Bernadette A. Doherty

Affiliation Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

C. Stephen Downes

Affiliation Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Stephanie R. McKeown

Affiliation Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Valerie J. McKelvey-Martin

Affiliation Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJM CSD SRM VJM. Performed the experiments: BAD. Analyzed the data: DJM BAD SRM VJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJM SRM VJM. Wrote the paper: DJM SRM VJM.