About the Authors

Sunil More

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations The Lundberg-Kienlen Lung Biology and Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America, Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Xiaoyun Yang

Roles Investigation

Affiliations The Lundberg-Kienlen Lung Biology and Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America, Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Zhengyu Zhu

Roles Investigation

Affiliations The Lundberg-Kienlen Lung Biology and Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America, Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Gayan Bamunuarachchi

Roles Investigation

Affiliations The Lundberg-Kienlen Lung Biology and Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America, Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Yujie Guo

Roles Investigation

Affiliations The Lundberg-Kienlen Lung Biology and Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America, Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Chaoqun Huang

Roles Investigation

Affiliations The Lundberg-Kienlen Lung Biology and Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America, Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Keith Bailey

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America, Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Jordan P. Metcalf

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Lin Liu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

lin.liu@okstate.edu

Affiliations The Lundberg-Kienlen Lung Biology and Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America, Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.