About the Authors

Antoine Ménoret

Affiliation University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Sanjeev Kumar

Affiliation University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Anthony T. Vella

vella@uchc.edu

Affiliation University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

A United States Provisional Patent Application “Methods and Compositions for Lung Disease” Serial Number 61/559,799 was filed on November 15, 2011. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ATV AM. Performed the experiments: AM SK. Analyzed the data: AM SK ATV. Wrote the paper: AM ATV.