About the Authors
- Suffwan Eltom
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Affiliation Respiratory Pharmacology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- Nicole Dale
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Affiliation Respiratory Pharmacology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- Kristof R. G. Raemdonck
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Affiliation Respiratory Pharmacology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- Christopher S. Stevenson
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Current address: Respivert, London, United Kingdom
Affiliation Novartis, Horsham, United Kingdom
- Robert J. Snelgrove
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Affiliation Leukocyte Biology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- Pradeep K. Sacitharan
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Affiliation Respiratory Pharmacology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- Chiara Recchi
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Affiliation Molecular Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- Silene Wavre-Shapton
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Affiliation Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Daniel F. McAuley
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Affiliation Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Cecilia O'Kane
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Affiliation Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Maria G. Belvisi
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Affiliations Respiratory Pharmacology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, MRC-Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- Mark A. Birrell
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* E-mail: m.birrell@imperial.ac.uk.
Affiliations Respiratory Pharmacology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, MRC-Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Co-author Dr Stevenson was employed by Novartis during the course of the study. Dr. Stevenson is currently affiliated to Respivert. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SE MGB CSS RJS DFM MAB. Performed the experiments: SE ND KR CSS RJS PKS CR SW-S DFM CO MAB. Analyzed the data: SE ND KR CSS RJS CR SW-S MAB. Wrote the paper: SE MGB MAB.