About the Authors

Venkataramana K. Sidhaye

vsidhay1@jhmi.edu

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

Eric Chau

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

Vasudha Srivastava

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Srinivas Sirimalle

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

Chinmayee Balabhadrapatruni

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

Neil R. Aggarwal

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

Franco R. D'Alessio

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

Douglas N. Robinson

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Landon S. King

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Biological Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VKS NRA FRD DNR LSK. Performed the experiments: VKS EC VS SS CB. Analyzed the data: VKS DNR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VKS VS DNR. Wrote the paper: VKS DNR LSK.