About the Authors
- Miguel Pinilla-Vera
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Contributed equally to this work with: Miguel Pinilla-Vera, Zeyu Xiong
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Zeyu Xiong
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Contributed equally to this work with: Miguel Pinilla-Vera, Zeyu Xiong
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Yutong Zhao
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Jing Zhao
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Michael P. Donahoe
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Suchitra Barge
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- William T. Horne
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Jay K. Kolls
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Bryan J. McVerry
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Anastasiya Birukova
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Robert M. Tighe
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- W. Michael Foster
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- John Hollingsworth
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Anuradha Ray
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Rama Mallampalli
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Affiliation The Medical Specialty Service Line, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Prabir Ray
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Janet S. Lee
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* E-mail: leejs3@upmc.edu
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PR JSL. Performed the experiments: MPV ZX YZ JZ MPD SB WTH JKK BJM AB RMT WMF JH RM AR PR JSL. Analyzed the data: MPV ZX YZ JZ MPD SB WTH JKK BJM AB RMT WMF JH RM AR PR JSL. Wrote the paper: MPV ZX RMT JSL.