About the Authors

Yen-Rei A. Yu

yenrei.yu@duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Emily G. O’Koren

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Danielle F. Hotten

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Matthew J. Kan

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

David Kopin

Affiliation School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Erik R. Nelson

Affiliation Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Loretta Que

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Michael D. Gunn

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YAY ERN LQ MDG. Performed the experiments: YAY EGO DFH MJK DK ERN LQ. Analyzed the data: YAY EGO MDG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YAY EGO ERN LQ MDG. Wrote the paper: YAY EGO ERN LQ MDG.