About the Authors

Christopher F. Rider

Affiliation Airways Inflammation Research Group, Snyder Institute of Chronic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Suharsh Shah

Affiliation Airways Inflammation Research Group, Snyder Institute of Chronic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Anna Miller-Larsson

Affiliation AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, Mölndal, Sweden

Mark A. Giembycz

Affiliation Airways Inflammation Research Group, Snyder Institute of Chronic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Robert Newton

rnewton@ucalgary.ca

Affiliation Airways Inflammation Research Group, Snyder Institute of Chronic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

AML is an employee of AstraZeneca. Research was supported by grants from AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline (RN, MAG). The authors can confirm that Dr. Miller-Larsson’s employment by AstraZeneca does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CFR AML MAG RN. Performed the experiments: CFR SS. Analyzed the data: CFR SS RN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AML. Wrote the paper: CFR SS AML MAG RN.