About the Authors

Nazia Chaudhuri

Affiliation Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Hannah Jary

Affiliation Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Simon Lea

Affiliation Education and Research Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom

Naimat Khan

Affiliation Education and Research Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom

Katie C. Piddock

Affiliation Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

David H. Dockrell

Affiliation Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Ken Donaldson

Affiliation The University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research, Queens Medical Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Rodger Duffin

Affiliation The University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research, Queens Medical Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Dave Singh

Affiliation Education and Research Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom

Lisa C. Parker

Contributed equally to this work with: Lisa C. Parker, Ian Sabroe

Affiliation Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Ian Sabroe

Contributed equally to this work with: Lisa C. Parker, Ian Sabroe

i.sabroe@sheffield.ac.uk

Affiliation Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NC KD RD DHD IS LCP. Performed the experiments: NC KCP HJ. Analyzed the data: NC LCP IS HJ KCP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NC KD RD DHD DS SL NK IS LCP. Wrote the paper: NC IS LCP DHD.