About the Authors

Jiyoun Yeo

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Erin L. Crawford

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Thomas M. Blomquist

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Lauren M. Stanoszek

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Rachel E. Dannemiller

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Jill Zyrek

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Luis E. De Las Casas

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Sadik A. Khuder

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

James C. Willey

james.willey2@utoledo.edu

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

Authors James C. Willey, Thomas M. Blomquist, and Erin L. Crawford share royalties from one or more patents that are licensed to Accugenomics. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. No products described in this manuscript currently are under development by Accugenomics or any other company.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCW JY. Performed the experiments: JY LMS RED. Analyzed the data: JY ELC TMB SAK JCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JZ LEDLC. Wrote the paper: JCW JY.