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Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the staff at the NHS Lothian BioResource (Vishad Patel and Craig Marshall) and the NHS Grampian biorepository (Joan Wilson) and the staff and corefunded resources of the imaging and histology core facility at the Institute of Medical Sciences (Gillian Milne, Lucinda Wight, and Debbie Wilkinson). This study was funded by the Pathological Society/Jean Shanks Foundation (JSPS CLSG 202002 to JMG and JO’S), The Royal Society (RGS\R1\221396 to JMG) and the Wellcome Trust (108890/Z/15/Z to OR). Funders had no role in study design, data collection, data analyses, interpretation, or writing the manuscriptPeer reviewedPostprin

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Acknowledgments: The authors would like to acknowledge the NHS Grampian Biorepository for their help in acquiring samples, especially Andrea Chapman for confirming the diagnosis of the samples. Microscopy was performed in the Microscopy and Histology Core Facility at the University of Aberdeen. We thank the following for their work during their summer projects: Rory Maciver (INSPIRE National Scholarship, Academy of Medical Sciences through the University of Aberdeen), Ramisha Basharat (summer scholarship by the Development Trust of the University of Aberdeen through funds from CRANES, Scotland), Sara Lucila Lorenzo Guerra (ERASMUS+), and Khaled Shawki (currently at Horus University, Egypt). Funding: This work was supported by funding from Friends of Anchor (RS 17 007), TENOVUS Scotland (G17.11), and the NHS Endowment Grant (17/042 and 18/24). P.C., F.A.-F. and B.R. were funded by the University of Aberdeen doctoral Elphinstone Scholarship.Peer reviewedPublisher PD