About the Authors

Rajneesh Malhotra

rajneesh.malhotra@astrazeneca.com

Affiliation AstraZeneca, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity iMed, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, Sweden

Nisha Kurian

Affiliation AstraZeneca, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity iMed, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, Sweden

Xiao-Hong Zhou

Affiliation AstraZeneca, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity iMed, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, Sweden

Fanyi Jiang

Affiliation AstraZeneca, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity iMed, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, Sweden

Susan Monkley

Affiliation AstraZeneca, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity iMed, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, Sweden

Amy DeMicco

Affiliation AstraZeneca, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity iMed, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, Sweden

Ib G. Clausen

Affiliation AstraZeneca, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity iMed, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, Sweden

Göran Delgren

Affiliation Thoraxtransplantation, Transplantationscentrum, Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset, Göteborg, Sweden

Goran Edenro

Affiliation AstraZeneca, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity iMed, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, Sweden

Miika J. Ahdesmäki

Affiliation AstraZeneca, Oncology iMed, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, United Kingdom

Maryam Clausen

Affiliation AstraZeneca, Discovery Sciences, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, Sweden

Lisa Öberg

Affiliation AstraZeneca, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity iMed, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, Sweden

Elisabeth Israelsson

Affiliation AstraZeneca, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity iMed, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, Sweden

Graham Belfield

Affiliation AstraZeneca, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity iMed, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, Sweden

Outi Vaarala

Affiliations AstraZeneca, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity iMed, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, Sweden, Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Competing Interests

All of the authors with the exception of Göran Delgren are employed by the commercial company "AstraZeneca". There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. We declare our affiliation to AstraZeneca does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: IGC NK X-HZ MA MC GB OV RM SM LÖ EI. Data curation: IGC MA SM EI. Formal analysis: IGC MA GB SM LÖ EI. Investigation: IGC NK X-HZ FJ GE MA MC GB SM AD LÖ EI. Methodology: IGC NK X-HZ FJ GD GE MA MC GB OV RM SM LÖ AD. Project administration: GB OV RM SM. Resources: IGC NK X-HZ FJ GD GE MA MC GB SM AD LÖ EI. Software: IGC SM LÖ EI. Supervision: RM GB. Validation: IGC NK X-HZ FJ GE MA MC GB SM LÖ. Visualization: IGC NK MA GB OV RM SM AD LÖ EI. Writing – original draft: IGC NK X-HZ GE MA MC RM GB SM LÖ. Writing – review & editing: IGC NK GB OV RM.