About the Authors

Teresa Repasy

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jinhee Lee

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Simeone Marino

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Nuria Martinez

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Denise E. Kirschner

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Gregory Hendricks

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Stephen Baker

Affiliation Department of Quantitative Health Science, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrew A. Wilson

Affiliation Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Darrell N. Kotton

Affiliation Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hardy Kornfeld

hardy.kornfeld@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TR JL SM AAW DNK HK. Performed the experiments: TR JL SM GH HK NM. Analyzed the data: TR JL SM SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM GH AAW DEK DNK. Wrote the paper: TR JL SM HK GH SB.