About the Authors

Jakub Nedbal

jakub.nedbal@kcl.ac.uk (JN); hannah.gould@kcl.ac.uk (HJG)

Affiliations Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, MRC and Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Philip S. Hobson

Affiliations Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, MRC and Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom

David J. Fear

Affiliations MRC and Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Rainer Heintzmann

Affiliations Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, Institute of Photonics Technology, Jena, Germany, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

Hannah J Gould

jakub.nedbal@kcl.ac.uk (JN); hannah.gould@kcl.ac.uk (HJG)

Affiliations Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, MRC and Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Rainer Heintzmann is a member of the PLOS ONE Editorial board. However, this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JN PSH DJF HJG. Performed the experiments: JN. Analyzed the data: JN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RH HJG. Wrote the paper: JN HJG.