About the Authors

Ama-Tawiah Essilfie

Affiliation Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases and Hunter Medical Research Institute, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Jodie L. Simpson

Affiliations Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases and Hunter Medical Research Institute, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia

Jay C. Horvat

Affiliation Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases and Hunter Medical Research Institute, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Julie A. Preston

Affiliation Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases and Hunter Medical Research Institute, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Margaret L. Dunkley

Affiliations Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases and Hunter Medical Research Institute, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Hunter Immunology, Newcastle, Australia

Paul S. Foster

Affiliation Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases and Hunter Medical Research Institute, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Peter G. Gibson

Affiliations Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases and Hunter Medical Research Institute, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia

Philip M. Hansbro

Philip.Hansbro@Newcastle.edu.au

Affiliation Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases and Hunter Medical Research Institute, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ATE JLS JCH JAP MLD PSF PGG PMH. Performed the experiments: ATE. Analyzed the data: ATE JLS JCH JAP MLD PSF PGG PMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLD PSF PMH. Wrote the paper: ATE JLS JCH JAP MLD PSF PGG PMH.