About the Authors

Wenyan Chen

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Jeremy B. Bergsman

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Xiaohua Wang

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Gawain Gilkey

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Carol-Renée Pierpoint

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Erin A. Daniel

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Emmanuel M. Awumey

Affiliation Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Philippe Dauban

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Robert H. Dodd

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Martial Ruat

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Stephen M. Smith

smisteph@ohsu.edu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

R.H.D., P.D., and M.R. have filed a use-patent for Calindol. This does not alter adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB SMS. Performed the experiments: WC JB XW GG CRP EAD SMS. Analyzed the data: WC XW GG CRP EAD SMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EA PD RHD MR. Wrote the paper: JB RHD MR SMS.