About the Authors

Kathryn A. Radigan

k-radigan@northwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Luisa Morales-Nebreda

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Saul Soberanes

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Trevor Nicholson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Recep Nigdelioglu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Takugo Cho

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Monica Chi

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Robert B. Hamanaka

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Alexander V. Misharin

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Harris Perlman

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

G. R. Scott Budinger

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Gökhan M. Mutlu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author Gökhan Mutlu is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAR GRSB GMM HP. Performed the experiments: KAR LMN SS TN RN TC MC AM. Analyzed the data: KAR LMN SS TN RN TC MC GRSB GMM AM HP RBH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GRSB GMM. Wrote the paper: KAR GRSB GMM. Edited manuscript: KAR LMN SS TN RN TC MC GRSB GMM AM HP.