About the Authors

April K. Scruggs

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Center for Lung Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Eugene A. Cioffi

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Center for Lung Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Donna L. Cioffi

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Center for Lung Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Judy A. C. King

Affiliation Department of Pathology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Natalie N. Bauer

nbauer@southalabama.edu

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Center for Lung Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NNB. Performed the experiments: AKS JACK. Analyzed the data: AKS NNB DLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EAC. Wrote the paper: NNB AKS.