About the Authors

Jos L. van der Velden

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

John F. Alcorn

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

David G. Chapman

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departments of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Lennart K. A. Lundblad

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departments of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Charles G. Irvin

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departments of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Roger J. Davis

Roles Resources

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kelly Butnor

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Yvonne M. W. Janssen-Heininger

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

yvonne.janssen@uvm.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: Jos van der Velden and Yvonne Janssen-Heininger received $120000 from Celgene Corporation to test the impact of CC930 and CC90001 on house dust mite-induced fibrotic airway remodeling in mice. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.