About the Authors

Gerald B. Lee

Affiliations Division of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Eric B. Brandt

Affiliation Division of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Chang Xiao

Affiliation Division of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Aaron M. Gibson

Affiliation Division of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Timothy D. Le Cras

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Lou Ann S. Brown

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Anne M. Fitzpatrick

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey

Gurjit.Hershey@cchmc.org

Affiliations Division of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GKKH. Performed the experiments: GBL EBB AMG CX. Analyzed the data: GBL EBB CX GKKH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GBL EBB CX TDLC LASB AMF. Wrote the paper: GBL EBB CX GKKH.