About the Authors

Katy Morgan Roach

Affiliation Institute for Lung Health, Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Stephen Mark Duffy

Affiliation Institute for Lung Health, Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

William Coward

Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, Centre for Respiratory Research and Nottingham Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Carol Feghali-Bostwick

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Heike Wulff

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Peter Bradding

pbradding@hotmail.com

Affiliation Institute for Lung Health, Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

PB has acted as an advisor to Icagen, Inc. (2007–2010). HW consulted for NeuroSearch A/S on KCa3.1 from 2009 to 2011. 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: PB KMR CF-B HW SMD. Performed the experiments: KMR. Analyzed the data: KMR PB HW WC CF-B SMD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMR PB HW WC CF-B SMD. Wrote the manuscript: PB KMR. Revised manuscript critically for intellectual content: HW WC CF-B SMD.