About the Authors

Fabienne Gally

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Hong Wei Chu

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Russell P. Bowler

bowlerr@njhealth.org

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

Hong Wei Chu is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. However, this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FG HWC. Performed the experiments: FG. Analyzed the data: FG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FG HWC RPB. Wrote the paper: FG RPB.