About the Authors

Jonathan A. Kropski

Jon.Kropski@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jason M. Pritchett

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Wendi R. Mason

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Lakshmi Sivarajan

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Linda A. Gleaves

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Joyce E. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Lisa H. Lancaster

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

William E. Lawson

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Timothy S. Blackwell

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Departments of Cell and Development Biology and Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Mark P. Steele

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

James E. Loyd

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Otis B. Rickman

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, Unites States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exists.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAK JMP LHL WEL TSB MPS JEL OBR. Performed the experiments: JAK JMP LHL WEL TSB MPS JEL OBR. Analyzed the data: JAK JMP WRM LS LAG JEJ WEL TSB OBR. Wrote the paper: JAK JMP WRM LHL WEL TSB MPS JEL OBR.