About the Authors

Julie Mirpuri

julie.mirpuri@utsouthwestern.edu (JM); nlouis@emory.edu (NAL)

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Ilya Sotnikov

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Loren Myers

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Timothy L. Denning

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Epithelial Pathobiology Unit, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Felix Yarovinsky

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Charles A. Parkos

Affiliation Epithelial Pathobiology Unit, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Patricia W. Denning

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Nancy A. Louis

julie.mirpuri@utsouthwestern.edu (JM); nlouis@emory.edu (NAL)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

Patricia Denning is a co-author and is also a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM IS NAL PWD FY. Performed the experiments: JM IS LM. Analyzed the data: JM NAL PWD TLD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM CAP TLD NAL FY. Wrote the paper: JM NAL PWD TLD CAP.