About the Authors

Andrei I. Ivanov

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: aiivano@emory.edu

Affiliation Epithelial Pathobiology Research Unit, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Moshe Bachar

Affiliation Epithelial Pathobiology Research Unit, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Brian A. Babbin

Affiliation Epithelial Pathobiology Research Unit, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Robert S. Adelstein

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Asma Nusrat

Affiliation Epithelial Pathobiology Research Unit, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Charles A. Parkos

Affiliation Epithelial Pathobiology Research Unit, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CP AI RA AN. Performed the experiments: AI MB BB. Analyzed the data: CP AI MB BB RA AN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RA. Wrote the paper: CP AI AN.