About the Authors

Hernán F. Peñaloza

hep42@pitt.edu

Affiliation Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Janet S. Lee

Affiliation Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Prabir Ray

Affiliations Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts. J.S.L. discloses a paid consultantship with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. that is unrelated to the work presented in this manuscript. We have no other relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.