About the Authors

Jeffrey A. Gold

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: goldje@ohsu.edu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Yoshihiko Hoshino

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Marcus B. Jones

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Satomi Hoshino

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Anna Nolan

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Michael D. Weiden

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MW JG. Performed the experiments: JG Yh SH AN. Analyzed the data: JG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJ. Wrote the paper: JG.