About the Authors

James P. Bridges

Affiliation Perinatal Institute, Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Angelica Schehr

Affiliation Perinatal Institute, Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Yanhua Wang

Affiliation Perinatal Institute, Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Liya Huo

Affiliation Perinatal Institute, Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Valérie Besnard

Affiliation INSERM U700, Paris, France

Machiko Ikegami

Affiliation Perinatal Institute, Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jeffrey A. Whitsett

Affiliation Perinatal Institute, Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Yan Xu

Yan.Xu@cchmc.org

Affiliation Perinatal Institute, Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YX JPB MI JAW. Performed the experiments: AS JPB. Analyzed the data: YW LH JPB YX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VB LH. Wrote the paper: YX JPB JAW.