About the Authors

Deborah A Lewinsohn

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America , Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Ervina Winata

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America , Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Gwendolyn M Swarbrick

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America , Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America , Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Katie E Tanner

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America , Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Matthew S Cook

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America , Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America , Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Megan D Null

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America , Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America , Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Meghan E Cansler

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America , Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America , Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Alessandro Sette

Affiliation La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, California, United States of America

John Sidney

Affiliation La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, California, United States of America

David M Lewinsohn

To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: lewinsod@ohsu.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America , Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America , Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

DAL, AS, and DML conceived and designed the experiments. EW, GMS, KET, MSC, MDN, MEC, and JS performed the experiments. DAL, GMS, JS, and DML analyzed the data. AS contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. DAL and DML wrote the paper.