About the Authors

Weipeng Xiong

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

S. Courtney Frasch

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Stacey M. Thomas

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Donna L. Bratton

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Peter M. Henson

hensonp@njhealth.org

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Immunology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WX DLB PMH. Performed the experiments: WX. Analyzed the data: WX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCF SMT. Wrote the manuscript: WX PMH.