About the Authors

Kelly L. Asquith

Contributed equally to this work with: Kelly L. Asquith, Jay C. Horvat, Philip M. Hansbro, Paul S. Foster

These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease and Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Jay C. Horvat

Contributed equally to this work with: Kelly L. Asquith, Jay C. Horvat, Philip M. Hansbro, Paul S. Foster

These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease and Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Gerard E. Kaiko

Affiliation Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease and Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Alison J. Carey

Affiliation Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia

Kenneth W. Beagley

Affiliation Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia

Philip M. Hansbro

Contributed equally to this work with: Kelly L. Asquith, Jay C. Horvat, Philip M. Hansbro, Paul S. Foster

Paul.foster@newcastle.edu.au (PSF); Philip.hansbro@newcastle.edu.au (PMH)

Affiliation Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease and Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Paul S. Foster

Contributed equally to this work with: Kelly L. Asquith, Jay C. Horvat, Philip M. Hansbro, Paul S. Foster

Paul.foster@newcastle.edu.au (PSF); Philip.hansbro@newcastle.edu.au (PMH)

Affiliation Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease and Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KLA JCH GEK PMH PSF. Performed the experiments: KLA JCH. Analyzed the data: KLA JCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KLA JCH AJC KWB PMH PSF. Wrote the paper: KLA JCH PMH PSF.