About the Authors

Chuan Bian Lim

Affiliation Lung Institute of Western Australia and Centre for Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Research, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia

Cecilia M. Prêle

Affiliations Lung Institute of Western Australia and Centre for Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Research, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia, Centre for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine and Pharmacology and Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia

Hui Min Cheah

Affiliation Lung Institute of Western Australia and Centre for Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Research, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia

Yuen Yee Cheng

Affiliation Asbestos Diseases Research Institute (ADRI), University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Sonja Klebe

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Pathology, SA Pathology and Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia

Glen Reid

Affiliation Asbestos Diseases Research Institute (ADRI), University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

D. Neil Watkins

Affiliation Centre for Cancer Research, Monash Institute for Medical Research, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Svetlana Baltic

Affiliation Lung Institute of Western Australia and Centre for Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Research, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia

Philip J. Thompson

Affiliation Lung Institute of Western Australia and Centre for Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Research, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia

Steven E. Mutsaers

steven.mutsaers@uwa.edu.au

Affiliations Lung Institute of Western Australia and Centre for Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Research, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia, Centre for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine and Pharmacology and Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CBL SEM. Performed the experiments: CBL HMC. Analyzed the data: CBL SEM CMP SB DNW PJT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YYC SK GR PJT. Wrote the paper: CBL SEM.