About the Authors

Priti Azad

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Respiratory Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Dan Zhou

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Respiratory Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Erilynn Russo

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Respiratory Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Gabriel G. Haddad

ghaddad@ucsd.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Section of Respiratory Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Neuroscience, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, The Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PA DZ GGH. Performed the experiments: PA ER. Analyzed the data: PA DZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PA DZ GGH. Wrote the paper: PA DZ GGH.