About the Authors

Markus Hilty

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, England

Conor Burke

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Connolly Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Helder Pedro

Affiliations Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Paul Cardenas

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, England

Andy Bush

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, England

Cara Bossley

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, England

Jane Davies

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, England

Aaron Ervine

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Connolly Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Len Poulter

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Connolly Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Lior Pachter

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Miriam F. Moffatt

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, England

William O. C. Cookson

w.cookson@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, England

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH CB LP MFM WOCC. Performed the experiments: MH CB PC CB JCD AE LP. Analyzed the data: MH HP PC LP MFM WOCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB AB CB JCD. Wrote the paper: MH MFM WOCC.