About the Authors

Quentin Philippot

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Medicale Unit 903, University Hospital, Reims, France

Gaëtan Deslée

Affiliations Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Medicale Unit 903, University Hospital, Reims, France, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital of Reims, France

Tracy L. Adair-Kirk

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Jason C. Woods

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Derek Byers

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Susan Conradi

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Sandra Dury

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital of Reims, France, EA4683, University of Reims, Reims, France

Jeanne Marie Perotin

Affiliations Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Medicale Unit 903, University Hospital, Reims, France, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital of Reims, France

François Lebargy

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital of Reims, France, EA4683, University of Reims, Reims, France

Christelle Cassan

Affiliation EA4683, University of Reims, Reims, France

Richard Le Naour

Affiliation EA4683, University of Reims, Reims, France

Michael J. Holtzman

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Richard A. Pierce

rpierce@dom.wustl.edu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Holtzman has been the principal investigator for research grants from Hoffman-La Roche and Forest Labs to Washington University. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: QP TAK. Analyzed the data: QP GD TAK RAP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GD JCW DB SC SD FL CC RLN JMP RAP. Wrote the paper: QP GD TAK MJH RAP.