About the Authors
- Suzanne Miller
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* E-mail: Suzanne.Miller@nottingham.ac.uk
Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Amanda P. Henry
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Emily Hodge
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Alexander K. Kheirallah
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Charlotte K. Billington
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Tracy L. Rimington
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Sangita K. Bhaker
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Ma’en Obeidat
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Current address: James Hogg Research Centre, Institute for Heart and Lung Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Erik Melén
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Current address: Sachs’ Children’s Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Affiliation Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Simon K. Merid
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Affiliation Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Caroline Swan
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Affiliation Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom
- Catherine Gowland
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Carl P. Nelson
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Ceri E. Stewart
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Charlotte E. Bolton
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Iain Kilty
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Affiliation Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Anders Malarstig
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Affiliation Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Stuart G. Parker
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Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Miriam F. Moffatt
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Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Andrew J. Wardlaw
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Affiliation Institute for Lung Health, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
- Ian P. Hall
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Ian Sayers
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
AM and IK are employees of Pfizer Ltd. PPP Healthcare Medical Trust funded sample collection for SGP for this publication. AJW is an advisory board member reporting personal fees from GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelheim and Pulmocide outside of the submitted work. IK and AM's commercial affiliation with Pfizer does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: IPH IS Data curation: SM APH EH AKK CKB SKB MO EM SKM CS CG CPN CES Formal analysis: SM APH EH AKK CKB SKB MO EM SKM CS CG CPN CES Funding acquisition: IK AM IPH IS Investigation: SM APH EH AKK CKB TLR SKB MO EM SKM CS CG CPN CES Methodology: SM APH EH AKK CKB SKB EM CS CES IPH IS Project administration: SM IPH IS Resources: EM CEB SGP MFM AJW IPH IS Supervision: SM IPH IS Validation: SM APH EH CKB TLR CS CG CPN CES Visualization: SM EH AKK SKB MO EM SKM CS CES Writing – original draft: SM IPH IS Writing – review & editing: SM APH EH AKK CKB TLR SKB MO EM SKM CS CG CPN CES CEB IK AM SGP MFM AJW IPH IS.