About the Authors

Akhil Hegde

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Ryan T. Strachan

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Julia K. L. Walker

walke082@mc.duke.edu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH RTS JKLW. Performed the experiments: AH. Analyzed the data: AH RTS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH RTS JKLW. Wrote the paper: AH RTS JKLW. Acquired, analyzed or interpreted the data: AH RTS JKLW. Drafted and revised the article for important intellectual content: AH RTS JKLW. Approved the final version to be published: AH RTS JKLW. Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work: AH RTS JKLW.