About the Authors

Balarka Banerjee

Affiliations School of Paediatrics and Child Health, the University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, the University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australia Lung Transplant Program, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Michael Musk

Affiliation Western Australia Lung Transplant Program, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Erika N. Sutanto

Affiliation Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, the University of Western Australia, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia

Stephanie T. Yerkovich

Affiliation School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia

Peter Hopkins

Affiliation School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia

Darryl A. Knight

Affiliations University of British Columbia, James Hogg Research Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Suzanna Lindsey-Temple

Affiliation Centre for Asthma and Allergy Research Institute (CAARR) The Lung Institute of Western Australia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Stephen M. Stick

Affiliations School of Paediatrics and Child Health, the University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, the University of Western Australia, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia

Anthony Kicic

Contributed equally to this work with: Anthony Kicic, Daniel C. Chambers

Affiliations School of Paediatrics and Child Health, the University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, the University of Western Australia, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia

Daniel C. Chambers

Contributed equally to this work with: Anthony Kicic, Daniel C. Chambers

Daniel_Chambers@health.qld.gov.au

Affiliations School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia, Queensland Lung Transplant Service, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PH DAK SLT SMS AK DCC. Performed the experiments: BB MM ENS STY AK. Analyzed the data: BB STY SMS AK DCC. Wrote the paper: BB DAK SLT SMS AK DCC.