About the Authors

Matthew S. Coates

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

m.coates12@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Eric W. F. W. Alton

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Garth W. Rapeport

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Pulmocide Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Jane C. Davies

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Kazuhiro Ito

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Pulmocide Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Previously Matthew S. Coates was employed by Respivert Ltd. Garth W. Rapeport and Kazuhiro Ito were co-founders and employees of Respivert Ltd. During the period of the research G. W. Rapeport and K. Ito were co-founders and employees of Pulmocide Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.