About the Authors

Bradley S. Quon

bradley.quon@hli.ubc.ca

Affiliations Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Division of Respiratory Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

David A. Ngan

Affiliation Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Pearce G. Wilcox

Affiliations Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Division of Respiratory Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

S. F. Paul Man

Affiliations Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Division of Respiratory Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Don D. Sin

Affiliations Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Division of Respiratory Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BSQ SFPM DDS. Performed the experiments: BSQ DAN. Analyzed the data: BSQ DAN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DDS. Wrote the paper: BSQ DAN PGW SFPM DDS.