About the Authors

Vandana Relan

v.relan@uq.edu.au

Affiliations UQ Thoracic Research Centre, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Leanne Morrison

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Kylie Parsonson

Affiliations UQ Thoracic Research Centre, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Belinda E. Clarke

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Pathology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Edwina E. Duhig

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Pathology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Morgan N. Windsor

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Kevin S. Matar

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Rishendran Naidoo

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Linda Passmore

Affiliations UQ Thoracic Research Centre, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Elizabeth McCaul

Affiliations UQ Thoracic Research Centre, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Deborah Courtney

Affiliations UQ Thoracic Research Centre, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Ian A. Yang

Affiliations UQ Thoracic Research Centre, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Kwun M. Fong

Affiliations UQ Thoracic Research Centre, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Rayleen V. Bowman

Affiliations UQ Thoracic Research Centre, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Assisted with study design and manuscript preparation: KF IY. Conceived and designed the experiments: VR RB. Performed the experiments: VR LM KP. Analyzed the data: VR RB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BC ED MW KM RN LP EM DC. Wrote the paper: VR RB.