About the Authors

Smita S. Iyer

Affiliations Nutrition and Health Sciences Program, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Translational Research in the Lung, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Carolyn J. Accardi

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Thomas R. Ziegler

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Roberto A. Blanco

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jeffrey D. Ritzenthaler

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mauricio Rojas

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Translational Research in the Lung, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, McKelvey Center for Lung Transplantation and Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jesse Roman

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dean P. Jones

dpjones@emory.edu

Affiliations Nutrition and Health Sciences Program, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSI CJA TZ MR JR DJ. Performed the experiments: SSI RB JDR. Analyzed the data: SSI. Wrote the paper: SSI DJ.