About the Authors

Stephen H.-F. Macdonald

macdonaldez@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Institute of Molecular Medicine, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Elliott Woodward

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Institute of Molecular Medicine, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Michelle M. Coleman

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Institute of Molecular Medicine, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Emma R. Dorris

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Institute of Molecular Medicine, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Parthiban Nadarajan

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Institute of Molecular Medicine, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Wui-Mei Chew

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Institute of Molecular Medicine, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Anne-Marie McLaughlin

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Institute of Molecular Medicine, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Joseph Keane

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Institute of Molecular Medicine, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHFM EW ERD JK. Performed the experiments: SHFM EW MMC ERD. Analyzed the data: SHFM EW MMC JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMM JK. Wrote the paper: SHFM JK. Performed and analysed patient lymphocyte counts: PN WMC. Recruited patients and performed bronchoalveolar lavage for alveolar macrophage isolation: AMM JK.