About the Authors

Chidozie C. Anyaegbu

Affiliations National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases (NCARD), QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia

Richard A. Lake

Affiliations National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases (NCARD), QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia

Kathy Heel

Affiliation School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia

Bruce W. Robinson

Affiliations National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases (NCARD), QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia

Scott A. Fisher

scott.fisher@uwa.edu.au

Affiliations National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases (NCARD), QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CA RAL SAF BWR KH. Performed the experiments: CA SAF KH. Analyzed the data: CA RAL KH SAF BWR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CA RAl KH SAF BWR. Wrote the paper: CA RAL SAF BWR KH.