About the Authors

James P. Garnett

jgarnett@sgul.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Sciences, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

Michael A. Gray

Affiliation Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Robert Tarran

Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Centre, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Malcolm Brodlie

Affiliation Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Christopher Ward

Affiliation Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Emma H. Baker

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Sciences, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

Deborah L. Baines

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Sciences, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPG DLB. Performed the experiments: JPG. Analyzed the data: JPG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAG RT MB CW. Wrote the paper: JPG EHB DLB.