About the Authors

Vadivel Parthsarathy

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, United Kingdom

Paula L. McClean

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, United Kingdom

Christian Hölscher

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, United Kingdom

Mark Taylor

Affiliation Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Claire Tinker

Affiliation Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Glynn Jones

Affiliation Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Oleg Kolosov

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Elisa Salvati

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Milan, Italy

Maria Gregori

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Milan, Italy

Massimo Masserini

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Milan, Italy

David Allsop

d.allsop@lancaster.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DA CH MT OK MM. Performed the experiments: VP PLM MT CT GJ ES MG. Analyzed the data: CH MT OK MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ES MG MM CT OK. Wrote the paper: DA.