About the Authors

Lynnae D. Hyatt

Affiliations Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gregory A. Wasserman

Affiliations Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yoon J. Rah

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

Kori Y. Matsuura

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

Fadie T. Coleman

Affiliations Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kristie L. Hilliard

Affiliations Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Zachary Ash Pepper-Cunningham

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

Michael Ieong

Affiliations Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Deborah J. Stumpo

Affiliation Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Perry J. Blackshear

Affiliations Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America, Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Lee J. Quinton

Affiliations Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joseph P. Mizgerd

Affiliations Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Matthew R. Jones

mattj@bu.edu

Affiliations Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, 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: LDH GAW LJQ JPM MRJ. Performed the experiments: LDH GAW YJR KYM KLH FTC ZAPC MI. Analyzed the data: LDH GAW MRJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MI DJS PJB LJQ JPM MRJ. Wrote the paper: LDH GAW MRJ.