About the Authors
- Alexandra M. Greer
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sandler Asthma Basic Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Michael A. Matthay
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Anesthesia, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Jasleen Kukreja
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Affiliation Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Nirav R. Bhakta
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Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Christine P. Nguyen
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Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Paul J. Wolters
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Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Prescott G. Woodruff
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Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- John V. Fahy
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Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Jeoung-Sook Shin
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* E-mail: Jeoung-Sook.Shin@ucsf.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sandler Asthma Basic Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: PGW has received research grants from Pfizer and Genentech, serves as a consultant for Medimmune, Genentech, Merck, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Kalobios. This does not alter adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AMG CPN PGW JS. Performed the experiments: AMG. Analyzed the data: AMG JS PGW PJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMG MAM JK NRB CPN PJW PGW JVF JS. Wrote the paper: AMG MAM NRB CPN PJW PGW JVF JS.