About the Authors

Laxman Ghimire

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

Affiliation Lung Biology Laboratory, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, LA, United States of America

Sagar Paudel

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation

Affiliation Lung Biology Laboratory, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, LA, United States of America

Liliang Jin

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Lung Biology Laboratory, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, LA, United States of America

Pankaj Baral

Roles Investigation

Current address: Division of Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

Affiliation Lung Biology Laboratory, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, LA, United States of America

Shanshan Cai

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation

Affiliation Lung Biology Laboratory, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, LA, United States of America

Samithamby Jeyaseelan

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

jey@lsu.edu

Affiliations Lung Biology Laboratory, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, LA, United States of America, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, LSU Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.