About the Authors

Claire L. Shovlin

c.shovlin@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation National Heart & Lung Institute (NHLI) Cardiovascular Sciences, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Basel Chamali

Affiliations National Heart & Lung Institute (NHLI) Cardiovascular Sciences, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, Imperial College School of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Vatshalan Santhirapala

Affiliations National Heart & Lung Institute (NHLI) Cardiovascular Sciences, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, Imperial College School of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

John A. Livesey

Affiliations Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, Imperial College School of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Gillian Angus

Affiliation Haematology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Richard Manning

Affiliation Haematology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Michael A. Laffan

Affiliations Haematology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, Centre for Haematology, Investigative Sciences, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

John Meek

Affiliation Clinical Chemistry, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Hannah C. Tighe

Affiliation Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

James E. Jackson

Affiliation Department of Imaging, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLS GA RM JM ML JEJ. Performed the experiments: CLS BC JEJ. Analyzed the data: CLS BC VS JL GA JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLS ML JEJ. Wrote the paper: CLS.