About the Authors

Darlynn Korns Johnson

darlynn.kornsjohnson@ucdenver.edu (DKJ); dirk.homann@ucdenver.edu (DH)

Affiliations Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado Denver and National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Dirk Homann

darlynn.kornsjohnson@ucdenver.edu (DKJ); dirk.homann@ucdenver.edu (DH)

Affiliations Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado Denver and National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author Dirk Homann is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DKJ DH. Performed the experiments: DKJ. Analyzed the data: DKJ DH. Wrote the paper: DKJ DH.