About the Authors

Nam Soo Joo

nsjoo@stanford.edu

Affiliation The Cystic Fibrosis Research Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States of America

Idil Apak T. Evans

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States of America

Hyung-Ju Cho

Current Address: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Affiliation The Cystic Fibrosis Research Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States of America

Il-Ho Park

Current Address: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Guro Hospital, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Affiliation The Cystic Fibrosis Research Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States of America

John F. Engelhardt

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States of America

Jeffrey J. Wine

Affiliation The Cystic Fibrosis Research Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NSJ JJW. Performed the experiments: NSJ IATE HJC IHP. Analyzed the data: NSJ IATE JFE JJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NSJ IATE HJC IHP JFE JJW. Wrote the paper: NSJ IATE JFE JJW.