About the Authors

Susana Aguilar

Affiliations Centre for Respiratory Research, Rayne Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, London, United Kingdom

Chris J. Scotton

Affiliation Centre for Respiratory Research, Rayne Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Katrina McNulty

Affiliation Centre for Respiratory Research, Rayne Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Emma Nye

Affiliations Experimental Pathology Laboratory, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, London, United Kingdom, Department of Histopathology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Gordon Stamp

Affiliations Experimental Pathology Laboratory, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, London, United Kingdom, Department of Histopathology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Geoff Laurent

Affiliation Centre for Respiratory Research, Rayne Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Dominique Bonnet

Contributed equally to this work with: Dominique Bonnet, Sam M. Janes

d.bonnet@cancer.org.uk (DB); s.janes@ucl.ac.uk (SJ)

Affiliation Hematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, London, United Kingdom

Sam M. Janes

Contributed equally to this work with: Dominique Bonnet, Sam M. Janes

d.bonnet@cancer.org.uk (DB); s.janes@ucl.ac.uk (SJ)

Affiliation Centre for Respiratory Research, Rayne Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SA CJS DB SMJ. Performed the experiments: SA CJS KM EN SMJ. Analyzed the data: SA CJS GS GL DB SMJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GL DB SMJ. Wrote the paper: SA CJS DB SMJ.