About the Authors

Hock L. Tay

These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Priority Research Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Gerard E. Kaiko

These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Priority Research Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Maximilian Plank

Affiliation Priority Research Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

JingJing Li

Affiliation Priority Research Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Steven Maltby

Affiliation Priority Research Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Ama-Tawiah Essilfie

Affiliation Priority Research Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Andrew Jarnicki

Affiliation Priority Research Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Ming Yang

Paul.Foster@newcastle.edu.au

Joerg Mattes

Affiliation Priority Research Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Philip M. Hansbro

Affiliation Priority Research Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Paul S. Foster

Paul.Foster@newcastle.edu.au

Affiliation Priority Research Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HLT GEK JM PMH PSF. Performed the experiments: HLT GEK MP JJL SM ATE AJ MY. Analyzed the data: HLT GEK JM PMH PSF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMH PSF. Wrote the paper: HLT GEK PMH PSF.