About the Authors

Anwari Akhter

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Microbial Interface Biology and the Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Mikhail A. Gavrilin

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Microbial Interface Biology and the Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Laura Frantz

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Microbial Interface Biology and the Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Songcerae Washington

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Microbial Interface Biology and the Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Cameron Ditty

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Microbial Interface Biology and the Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Dominique Limoli

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Microbial Interface Biology and the Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Colby Day

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Microbial Interface Biology and the Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Anasuya Sarkar

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Microbial Interface Biology and the Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Christie Newland

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Microbial Interface Biology and the Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Jonathan Butchar

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Microbial Interface Biology and the Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Clay B. Marsh

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Microbial Interface Biology and the Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Mark D. Wewers

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Microbial Interface Biology and the Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Susheela Tridandapani

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Microbial Interface Biology and the Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti

Thirumala-Devi.Kanneganti@StJude.org (TDK); amal.amer@osumc.edu (AOA)

Affiliation Department of Immunology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Amal O. Amer

Thirumala-Devi.Kanneganti@StJude.org (TDK); amal.amer@osumc.edu (AOA)

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Microbial Interface Biology and the Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AOA. Performed the experiments: AA MAG LF SW CD DL CD CN JB ST TDK AOA. Analyzed the data: MDW AOA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAG AS CBM MDW TDK. Wrote the paper: TDK AOA.