About the Authors

Isa Mambetsariev

Affiliation Lung Injury Center, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Yufeng Tian

Affiliation Lung Injury Center, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Tinghuai Wu

Affiliation Lung Injury Center, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Tera Lavoie

Affiliation Lung Injury Center, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Julian Solway

Affiliation Lung Injury Center, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Konstantin G. Birukov

Affiliation Lung Injury Center, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Anna A. Birukova

abirukov@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliation Lung Injury Center, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

Anna Birukova currently serves as an editor for this journal. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KGB AAB. Performed the experiments: IM YT TW TL. Analyzed the data: JS KGB AAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TL JS. Wrote the paper: JS KGB AAB.