About the Authors

Jesus Paez-Cortez

Affiliation The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ramaswamy Krishnan

Affiliation Center for Vascular Biology Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Anneliese Arno

Affiliation The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Linh Aven

Affiliation The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sumati Ram-Mohan

Affiliation Center for Vascular Biology Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kruti R. Patel

Affiliation The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jining Lu

Affiliation The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Oliver D. King

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Xingbin Ai

Affiliation The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alan Fine

afine@bu.edu

Affiliation The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP RK XA AF. Performed the experiments: JP AA LA SR KP XA. Analyzed the data: JP RK OK XA AF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL. Wrote the paper: JP XA AF.