About the Authors

Chris Cheadle

ccheadl1@jhmi.edu (CC); phassou1@jhmi.edu (PMH)

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Alan E. Berger

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Stephen C. Mathai

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Dmitry N. Grigoryev

Affiliation Medical Genetic Core, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Tonya N. Watkins

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Yumiko Sugawara

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sangjucta Barkataki

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jinshui Fan

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Meher Boorgula

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Laura Hummers

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ari L. Zaiman

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Reda Girgis

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michael A. McDevitt

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Roger A. Johns

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Frederick Wigley

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kathleen C. Barnes

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Paul M. Hassoun

ccheadl1@jhmi.edu (CC); phassou1@jhmi.edu (PMH)

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC SCM DNG ALZ REG RAJ MAM FMW KCB PMH. Performed the experiments: TW SB JF MB. Analyzed the data: CC AEB YS DNG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCM LH FMW. Wrote the paper: CC AEB SCM DNG PMH.