About the Authors

Robert E. Hynds

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lungs for Living Research Centre, UCL Respiratory, University College London, London, United Kingdom, CRUK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

Kate H. C. Gowers

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Lungs for Living Research Centre, UCL Respiratory, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Ersilia Nigro

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliations Lungs for Living Research Centre, UCL Respiratory, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Dipartimento di Scienze Cardio-Toraciche e Respiratorie, Universita’ degli Studi della Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

Colin R. Butler

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Lungs for Living Research Centre, UCL Respiratory, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Paola Bonfanti

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Section, UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Adam Giangreco

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliation Lungs for Living Research Centre, UCL Respiratory, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Cecilia M. Prêle

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

s.janes@ucl.ac.uk (SMJ); cecilia.prele@uwa.edu.au (CMP)

Affiliations Centre for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Institute for Respiratory Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Sam M. Janes

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

s.janes@ucl.ac.uk (SMJ); cecilia.prele@uwa.edu.au (CMP)

Affiliation Lungs for Living Research Centre, UCL Respiratory, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.