About the Authors

Almut Grenz

Almut.Grenz@ucdenver.edu (AG); holger.eltzschig@ucdenver.edu (HKE)

Affiliation Mucosal Inflammation Program, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Julee H. Dalton

Affiliation Mucosal Inflammation Program, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Jessica D. Bauerle

Affiliation Mucosal Inflammation Program, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Alexander Badulak

Affiliation Mucosal Inflammation Program, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Douglas Ridyard

Affiliation Mucosal Inflammation Program, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Aneta Gandjeva

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Carol M. Aherne

Affiliation Mucosal Inflammation Program, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Kelley S. Brodsky

Affiliation Mucosal Inflammation Program, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Jae-Hwan Kim

Affiliations Mucosal Inflammation Program, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Rubin M. Tuder

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Holger K. Eltzschig

Almut.Grenz@ucdenver.edu (AG); holger.eltzschig@ucdenver.edu (HKE)

Affiliation Mucosal Inflammation Program, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG HKE. Performed the experiments: AG JHD JDB AB DR AG CMA KSB JHK RMT. Analyzed the data: AG JHD JDB AB DR CMA KSB JHK RMT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB DR RMT. Wrote the paper: AG HKE.