About the Authors

Elke Kuypers

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Jennifer J. P. Collins

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Reint K. Jellema

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Tim G. A. M. Wolfs

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Matthew W. Kemp

Affiliation School of Women's and Infants' Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Ilias Nitsos

Current address: The Ritchie Centre, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

Affiliation School of Women's and Infants' Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

J. Jane Pillow

Affiliation School of Women's and Infants' Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Graeme R. Polglase

Current address: The Ritchie Centre, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

Affiliation School of Women's and Infants' Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

John P. Newnham

Affiliation School of Women's and Infants' Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Wilfred T. V. Germeraad

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Haematology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Suhas G. Kallapur

Affiliations School of Women's and Infants' Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Alan H. Jobe

Affiliations School of Women's and Infants' Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Boris W. Kramer

b.kramer@mumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EK MK IN JP GP JN SK AJ BK. Performed the experiments: EK JC MK IN JP GP JN SK AJ BK. Analyzed the data: EK JC RJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TW WG. Wrote the paper: EK JC RJ TW AJ BK.