About the Authors

Elizabeth M. Mushaben

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Eric B. Brandt

Affiliation Division of Asthma Research, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey

Affiliation Division of Asthma Research, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Timothy D. Le Cras

tim.lecras@cchmc.org

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMM EBB GKH TDLC. Performed the experiments: EMM EBB. Analyzed the data: EMM EBB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMM EBB GKH TDLC. Wrote the paper: EMM EBB GKH TDLC.