About the Authors

Hai B. Tran

hai.tran@health.sa.gov.au

Affiliation Lung Research, Hanson Institute and Department Thoracic Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Jessica Ahern

Affiliation Lung Research, Hanson Institute and Department Thoracic Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Greg Hodge

Affiliations Lung Research, Hanson Institute and Department Thoracic Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Phillip Holt

Affiliation Lung Research, Hanson Institute and Department Thoracic Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Melinda M. Dean

Affiliation Research and Development, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Paul N. Reynolds

Affiliations Lung Research, Hanson Institute and Department Thoracic Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Sandra Hodge

Affiliations Lung Research, Hanson Institute and Department Thoracic Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH. Performed the experiments: HBT JA GH PH. Analyzed the data: HBT JA GH PH MMD PNR SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMD. Wrote the paper: HBT JA SH. Revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content: JA GH PH MMD PNR SH.