About the Authors

Tanya M. Monaghan

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Adrian Robins

Affiliation Division of Immunology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Alan Knox

Affiliation Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Herbert F. Sewell

Affiliation Division of Immunology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Yashwant R. Mahida

yash.mahida@nottingham.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YRM TMM HFS AR AK. Performed the experiments: TMM AR. Analyzed the data: TMM YRM AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR HFS AK YRM. Wrote the manuscript: YRM HFS TMM AK.