About the Authors

Obada R. Shamaa

Affiliation Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, 473 W. 12th Avenue, 201 DHLRI, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Srabani Mitra

Affiliation Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, 473 W. 12th Avenue, 201 DHLRI, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Mikhail A. Gavrilin

Affiliation Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, 473 W. 12th Avenue, 201 DHLRI, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Mark D. Wewers

wewers.2@osu.edu

Affiliation Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, 473 W. 12th Avenue, 201 DHLRI, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ORS MAG MDW. Performed the experiments: ORS SM. Analyzed the data: ORS SM MAG MDW. Wrote the paper: ORS SM MAG MDW.