About the Authors
- Zaid Zoumot
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Affiliations The NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, Respiratory and Critical Care Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Samuel V. Kemp
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Affiliations The NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
- Suveer Singh
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Affiliation Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Stephen R. Bicknell
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Affiliation Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- William H. McNulty
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Affiliations The NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Nicholas S. Hopkinson
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Affiliation The NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- Ewen T. Ross
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Affiliation Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Pallav L. Shah
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* E-mail: pallav.shah@ic.ac.uk
Affiliations The NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
PLS and SVK have received honoraria from PneumRx for lecturing at independent meetings. SVK and ZZ have received travel grants. The remaining authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials and there are no restrictions on sharing of data and/or materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PLS. Performed the experiments: ZZ SVK PLS NSH SS ER SB. Analyzed the data: ZZ. Wrote the paper: ZZ PLS. Contributed to subsequent drafts of the manuscript: ZZ SVK PLS NSH SS ER SB WM.