About the Authors

Aysar Al-Husseini

Affiliations Pulmonary and Critical care Medicine Division, Victoria Johnson Center for Lung Research, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, Westchester, New York, United States of America

Dayanjan S. Wijesinghe

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University-School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Laszlo Farkas

Affiliation Pulmonary and Critical care Medicine Division, Victoria Johnson Center for Lung Research, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Donatas Kraskauskas

Affiliation Pulmonary and Critical care Medicine Division, Victoria Johnson Center for Lung Research, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Jennifer I. Drake

Affiliation Pulmonary and Critical care Medicine Division, Victoria Johnson Center for Lung Research, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Ben Van Tassel

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Antonio Abbate

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Charles E. Chalfant

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University-School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, The Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Virginia Commonwealth University Reanimation Engineering Science Center (VCURES), Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Norbert F. Voelkel

nfvoelkel@gmail.com

Affiliation Pulmonary and Critical care Medicine Division, Victoria Johnson Center for Lung Research, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAH DSW LF CEC NFV. Performed the experiments: AAH DSW LF JD DK BVT AA CEC NFV. Analyzed the data: AAH DSW CEC NFV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAH DSW LF JD DK BVT AA CEC NFV. Wrote the paper: AAH DSW CEC NFV.