About the Authors

Ganesh K. Kartha

Contributed equally to this work with: Ganesh K. Kartha, Ina Li, Suzy Comhair, Serpil C. Erzurum, Manoj Monga

gkkart01@gmail.com

Affiliation Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America

Ina Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Ganesh K. Kartha, Ina Li, Suzy Comhair, Serpil C. Erzurum, Manoj Monga

Affiliation Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America

Suzy Comhair

Contributed equally to this work with: Ganesh K. Kartha, Ina Li, Suzy Comhair, Serpil C. Erzurum, Manoj Monga

Affiliation Respiratory Institute and Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America

Serpil C. Erzurum

Contributed equally to this work with: Ganesh K. Kartha, Ina Li, Suzy Comhair, Serpil C. Erzurum, Manoj Monga

Affiliation Respiratory Institute and Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America

Manoj Monga

Contributed equally to this work with: Ganesh K. Kartha, Ina Li, Suzy Comhair, Serpil C. Erzurum, Manoj Monga

Affiliation Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: GKK SC SCE MM. Data curation: GKK IL. Formal analysis: GKK IL SC SCE MM. Funding acquisition: SCE. Investigation: GKK IL SC. Methodology: GKK IL SC SCE MM. Project administration: SCE MM. Resources: GKK IL SC SCE MM. Supervision: SCE MM. Visualization: GKK IL SC SCE MM. Writing – original draft: GKK. Writing – review & editing: GKK SC SCE MM.