About the Authors

Vadivel Parthsarathy

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, United Kingdom

Christian Hölscher

c.holscher@ulster.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Dr. C. Holscher is an editor on PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CH. Performed the experiments: VP. Analyzed the data: VP. Wrote the paper: VP CH.