About the Authors

Nicholas P. Vyleta

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Stephen M. Smith

smisteph@ohsu.edu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NPV SMS. Performed the experiments: NPV. Analyzed the data: NPV SMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NPV SMS. Wrote the paper: NPV SMS.