About the Authors

James D. West

Contributed equally to this work with: James D. West, Erica J. Carrier, Nathaniel C. Bloodworth

j.west@vanderbilt.edu (JDW); david.merryman@vanderbilt.edu (WDM)

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States of America

Erica J. Carrier

Contributed equally to this work with: James D. West, Erica J. Carrier, Nathaniel C. Bloodworth

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States of America

Nathaniel C. Bloodworth

Contributed equally to this work with: James D. West, Erica J. Carrier, Nathaniel C. Bloodworth

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States of America

Alison K. Schroer

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States of America

Peter Chen

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States of America

Larisa M. Ryzhova

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States of America

Santhi Gladson

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States of America

Sheila Shay

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States of America

Joshua D. Hutcheson

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States of America

W. David Merryman

j.west@vanderbilt.edu (JDW); david.merryman@vanderbilt.edu (WDM)

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDW EJC NCB AKS LMR JDH WDM. Performed the experiments: EJC NCB AKS PC LMR SG SS. Analyzed the data: JDH EJC NCB AKS PC LMR SG SS JDH WDM. Wrote the paper: JDW EJC NCB WDM.