About the Authors

Anele Gela

Contributed equally to this work with: Anele Gela, Ravi K. V. Bhongir

Affiliation Respiratory Medicine & Allergology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, SE-221 84, Lund, Sweden

Ravi K. V. Bhongir

Contributed equally to this work with: Anele Gela, Ravi K. V. Bhongir

Affiliation Respiratory Medicine & Allergology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, SE-221 84, Lund, Sweden

Michiko Mori

Affiliation Airway Inflammation Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Sciences, Lund University, SE-221 84, Lund, Sweden

Paul Keenan

Affiliation Respiratory Medicine & Allergology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, SE-221 84, Lund, Sweden

Matthias Mörgelin

Affiliation Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, SE-221 84, Lund, Sweden

Jonas S. Erjefält

Affiliation Airway Inflammation Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Sciences, Lund University, SE-221 84, Lund, Sweden

Heiko Herwald

Affiliation Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, SE-221 84, Lund, Sweden

Arne Egesten

Affiliation Respiratory Medicine & Allergology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, SE-221 84, Lund, Sweden

Gopinath Kasetty

gopinath.kasetty@med.lu.se

Affiliation Respiratory Medicine & Allergology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, SE-221 84, Lund, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GK AE HH. Performed the experiments: AG RB M. Mori PK M. Mörgelin GK. Analyzed the data: AG RB M. Mori PK M. Mörgelin JE HH AE GK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GK AE HH JE. Wrote the paper: GK AE.