About the Authors

Kristi M. Porter

Affiliation Emory University School of Medicine/Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Bum-Yong Kang

Affiliation Emory University School of Medicine/Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sherry E. Adesina

Affiliation Emory University School of Medicine/Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Tamara C. Murphy

Affiliation Emory University School of Medicine/Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

C. Michael Hart

Affiliation Emory University School of Medicine/Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Roy L. Sutliff

rsutlif@emory.edu

Affiliation Emory University School of Medicine/Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMP RLS. Performed the experiments: KMP BYK SEA TCM. Analyzed the data: KMP BYK SEA TCM CMH RLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RLS. Wrote the paper: KMP CMH RLS.