About the Authors

Natalia Goldstein-Daruech

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, PhD Program Medical Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencia, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile

Emily K. Cope

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Ke-Qing Zhao

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eye & ENT Hospital, School of Shanghai Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Katarina Vukovic

Affiliation Department of Otorhonolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia

Jennifer M. Kofonow

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Laurel Doghramji

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Bernardo González

Affiliation Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencia, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile

Alexander G. Chiu

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

David W. Kennedy

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

James N. Palmer

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jeffery G. Leid

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

James L. Kreindler

Affiliation Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Noam A. Cohen

cohenn@uphs.upenn.edu

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Surgical Services, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NAC JLK JGL BG JNP NGD. Performed the experiments: NGD EKC KQZ KV JMK LD. Analyzed the data: NGD NAC JLK EKC KQZ BG JNP JGL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AGC DWK JNP JLK NAC. Wrote the paper: NAC JLK NGD EKC JMK BG JGL.