About the Authors

John Thundyil

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Silvia Manzanero

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Dale Pavlovski

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Tanya R. Cully

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Ker-Zhing Lok

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Alexander Widiapradja

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Prasad Chunduri

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Dong-Gyu Jo

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea

Chie Naruse

Affiliation Division of Transgenic Animal Science, Advanced Science Research Center, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Japan

Masahide Asano

Affiliation Division of Transgenic Animal Science, Advanced Science Research Center, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Japan

Bradley S. Launikonis

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Christopher G. Sobey

Affiliation Vascular Biology and Immunopharmacology Group, Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Mark G. Coulthard

Affiliations Academic Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland, Royal Children’s Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia, Queensland Children’s Medical Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia

Thiruma V. Arumugam

t.arumugam@uq.edu.au

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

TVA, is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. 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: JT TVA CGS MGC. Performed the experiments: JT SM DP TRC KZL CN MA AW. Analyzed the data: JT TVA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PC BL DGJ. Wrote the paper: JT CGS MGC TVA.