About the Authors

G. R. Scott Budinger

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Joanne L. McKell

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Daniela Urich

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Nancy Foiles

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ivy Weiss

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Sergio E. Chiarella

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Angel Gonzalez

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Saul Soberanes

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Andrew J. Ghio

Affiliation United States Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Recep Nigdelioglu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ece A. Mutlu

Affiliation Section of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Rush University Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Kathryn A. Radigan

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

David Green

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Hau C. Kwaan

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Gökhan M. Mutlu

g-mutlu@northwestern.edu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GRSB EAM AJG DG HCK GMM. Performed the experiments: JLM DU NF IW SEC AG SS RN KAR. Analyzed the data: GRSB DU EAM DG HCK GMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJG. Wrote the paper: GRSB DG HCK GMM.