About the Authors

Alison N. Thorburn

Affiliation The Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, Hunter Medical Research Institute and The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Hsin-Yi Tseng

Affiliation The Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, Hunter Medical Research Institute and The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Chantal Donovan

Affiliation The Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, Hunter Medical Research Institute and The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Nicole G. Hansbro

Affiliation The Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, Hunter Medical Research Institute and The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Andrew G. Jarnicki

Affiliation The Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, Hunter Medical Research Institute and The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Paul S. Foster

Affiliation The Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, Hunter Medical Research Institute and The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Peter G. Gibson

Affiliation The Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, Hunter Medical Research Institute and The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Philip M. Hansbro

Philip.Hansbro@newcastle.edu.au

Affiliation The Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, Hunter Medical Research Institute and The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ANT PSF PGG PMH. Performed the experiments: ANT HYT CD. Analyzed the data: ANT HYT CD. Wrote the paper: ANT HYT NGH AGJ PMH CD.