About the Authors

David B. Hill

dbhill@med.unc.edu

Affiliations Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Paula A. Vasquez

Affiliation Departments of Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

John Mellnik

Affiliation Departments of Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Scott A. McKinley

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Aaron Vose

Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Frank Mu

Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Ashley G. Henderson

Affiliations Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Scott H. Donaldson

Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Neil E. Alexis

Affiliation Center for Environmental Medicine Asthma and Lung Biology, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Richard C. Boucher

Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

M. Gregory Forest

Affiliation Departments of Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DH MF RB. Performed the experiments: DH AV FM NA AH SD. Analyzed the data: DH PV JM SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DH PV NA AH SD MF SM. Wrote the paper: DH PV JM SM AH SD NA RB MF.