About the Authors
- Ma’en Obeidat
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ma’en Obeidat, Suzanne Miller
Affiliations Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Queen’s Medical Center, Nottingham, United Kingdom, James Hogg Research Centre, Institute for Heart and Lung Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Suzanne Miller
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ma’en Obeidat, Suzanne Miller
Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Queen’s Medical Center, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Kelly Probert
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Queen’s Medical Center, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Charlotte K. Billington
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Queen’s Medical Center, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Amanda P. Henry
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Queen’s Medical Center, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Emily Hodge
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Queen’s Medical Center, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Carl P. Nelson
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Queen’s Medical Center, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Ceri E. Stewart
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Queen’s Medical Center, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Caroline Swan
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Queen’s Medical Center, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Louise V. Wain
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Affiliation Genetic Epidemiology Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
- María Soler Artigas
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Affiliation Genetic Epidemiology Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
- Erik Melén
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Affiliation Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Sachs’ Children’s Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Kevin Ushey
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Affiliation James Hogg Research Centre, Institute for Heart and Lung Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Ke Hao
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Affiliation Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States of America
- Maxime Lamontagne
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Affiliation Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Laval University, Québec City, Canada
- Yohan Bossé
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Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, Laval University, Québec City, Canada, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Laval University, Québec City, Canada
- Dirkje S. Postma
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Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Martin D. Tobin
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Affiliations Genetic Epidemiology Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom
- Ian Sayers
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Queen’s Medical Center, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Ian P. Hall
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* E-mail: ian.hall@nottingham.ac.uk
Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Queen’s Medical Center, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The resequencing study performed at the University of Leicester was funded by Pfizer. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MO SM KP CKB AH EH CPN CES CS LVW MSA EM KU KH ML YB DSP MDT IS IPH. Performed the experiments: MO SM KP CKB AH EH CPN CES CS LVW MSA EM KU KH ML YB DSP MDT IS IPH. Analyzed the data: MO SM KP CKB AH EH CPN CES CS LVW MSA EM KU KH ML YB DSP MDT IS IPH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MO SM KP CKB AH EH CPN CES CS LVW EM KU KH ML YB DSP MDT IS IPH. Wrote the manuscript: MO CKB IPH. Approved the final version to be published: MO SM KP CKB AH EH CPN CES CS LVW MSA EM KU KH ML YB DSP MDT IS IPH. Revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content: MO SM KP CKB AH EH CPN CES CS LVW MSA EM KU KH ML YB DSP MDT IS IPH. Made a substantial contribution to the conception or design of parts of the study: MO SM KP CKB AH EH CPN CES CS LVW MSA EM KU KH ML YB DSP MDT IS IPH. Made a significant contribution in data acquisition or the analysis and interpretation of data: MO SM KP CKB AH EH CPN CES CS LVW MSA EM KU KH ML YB DSP MDT IS IPH.