About the Authors

Emily F. A. van ‘t Wout

Affiliations Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Annemarie van Schadewijk

Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands

Ria van Boxtel

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Lucy E. Dalton

Affiliation Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Hanna J. Clarke

Affiliation Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jan Tommassen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Stefan J. Marciniak

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Pieter S. Hiemstra

P.S.Hiemstra@lumc.nl

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EFAvtW JT SJM PSH. Performed the experiments: EFAvtW AvS RvB LED HJC. Analyzed the data: EFAvtW SJM PSH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EFAvtW AvS RvB LED SJM. Wrote the paper: EFAvtW SJM PSH.