About the Authors

Jarrod S. Johnson

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Martina Gentzsch

Affiliations Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Liqun Zhang

Affiliations Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Carla M. P. Ribeiro

Affiliations Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Boris Kantor

Affiliation Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Tal Kafri

Affiliations Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Raymond J. Pickles

Affiliations Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

R. Jude Samulski

rjs@med.unc.edu

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSJ RJP RJS. Performed the experiments: JSJ. Analyzed the data: JSJ MG LZ CMPR BK TK RJP RJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSJ MG LZ CMPR BK TK RJP RJS. Wrote the paper: JSJ RJP RJS.