About the Authors

Jennifer R. Prentice

Affiliation Department of Human Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Christopher S. Blackwell

Affiliation Department of Human Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Naz Raoof

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Paul Bacon

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Jaydip Ray

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Simon J. Hickman

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

J. Mark Wilkinson

j.m.wilkinson@sheffield.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Human Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMW JRP NR PB JR SJH. Performed the experiments: CSB NR PB. Analyzed the data: JRP CSB NR SJH JMW. Wrote the paper: JRP NR PB JR SJH JMW.