About the Authors

Kenneth C. Malcolm

malcolmk@njhealth.org

Affiliations Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary Science and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Jennifer E. Kret

Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Robert L. Young

Affiliations Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary Science and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Katie R. Poch

Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Silvia M. Caceres

Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Ivor S. Douglas

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Science and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Chris D. Coldren

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Science and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Ellen L. Burnham

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Science and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Marc Moss

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Science and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Jerry A. Nick

Affiliations Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary Science and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAN KCM. Performed the experiments: KCM JEK KRP SMC. Analyzed the data: KCM JAN RLY CDC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ELB MM ISD. Wrote the paper: KCM JAN.