About the Authors

Victoria Vinader

Affiliation Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom

Mohamed H. Haji-Abdullahi

Affiliation Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom

L. H. Patterson

Affiliation Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom

Kamyar Afarinkia

k.afarinkia@bradford.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors declare that the corresponding author (KA) is an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE and that this has not altered the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE ethical guidelines and policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KA. Performed the experiments: KA VV MH. Analyzed the data: KA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KA VV LHP. Wrote the manuscript: KA.