About the Authors

Liliang Jin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory of Lung Biology, Department of Pathobiological Sciences and Center for Experimental Infectious Disease Research, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Sanjay Batra

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Current address: Department of Environmental Toxicology, 207 Health Research Center. Southern University and A & M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Affiliation Laboratory of Lung Biology, Department of Pathobiological Sciences and Center for Experimental Infectious Disease Research, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Samithamby Jeyaseelan

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jey@lsu.edu

Affiliations Laboratory of Lung Biology, Department of Pathobiological Sciences and Center for Experimental Infectious Disease Research, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.