About the Authors

Guangping Tai

Affiliations Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Parisa Ranjzad

Affiliation Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Fiona Marriage

Affiliation Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Samrina Rehman

Affiliations Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Helen Denley

Affiliation Department of Histopathology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom

Jill Dixon

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Karen Mitchell

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Philip J. R. Day

Affiliation Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Adrian S. Woolf

adrian.woolf@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliation Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GT PR PJD ASW. Performed the experiments: GT FM PR. Analyzed the data: GT SR JD KM PJD HD PR ASW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JD KM. Wrote the manuscript: GT ASW.