About the Authors

Neil Martin

nmartin@doctors.org.uk

Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Institute for Lung Health, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

Andrew Ruddick

Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Institute for Lung Health, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

Greer K. Arthur

Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Institute for Lung Health, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

Heidi Wan

Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Institute for Lung Health, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

Lucy Woodman

Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Institute for Lung Health, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

Christopher E. Brightling

Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Institute for Lung Health, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

Don J. L. Jones

Affiliation Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine, RKCSB, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Ian D. Pavord

Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Institute for Lung Health, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

Peter Bradding

Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Institute for Lung Health, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM AR DJ IDP PB. Performed the experiments: NM AR GA HW LW. Analyzed the data: NM AR DJ IDP PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Not applicable. Wrote the paper: NM AR GA HW LW PB. Supervised NM and AR: DJLJ IDP. Supervised NM, AR, and GA: PB Critically revised manuscript: DJ IDP PB. Provided epithelial cells for study and supervised LW and HW: CEB.