About the Authors

Zhonghai Yan

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care of Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Hanjie Zhang

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care of Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Christina Maher

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care of Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Emilio Arteaga-Solis

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Pulmonary, Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Frances A. Champagne

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Licheng Wu

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Neuroscience, Diabetes Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, New York, United States of America

Jacob D. McDonald

Affiliation Department of Toxicology, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Beizhan Yan

Affiliation Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York, United States of America

Gary J. Schwartz

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Neuroscience, Diabetes Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, New York, United States of America

Rachel L. Miller

rlm14@cumc.columbia.edu

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care of Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZY HZ EAS FAC JDM BY GJS RLM. Performed the experiments: ZY HZ CM LW BY GJS RLM. Analyzed the data: ZY HZ CM EAS GJS RLM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDM BY EAS. Wrote the paper: ZY HZ CM EAS FAC BY GJS RLM.