About the Authors

George T. El-Ferzli

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics, Centers for Free Radical Biology and Pulmonary Injury Repair Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Mackenzie Dreher

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics, Centers for Free Radical Biology and Pulmonary Injury Repair Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Rakesh P. Patel

Affiliation Departments of Pathology, Centers for Free Radical Biology and Pulmonary Injury Repair Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Namasivayam Ambalavanan

ambal@uab.edu

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics, Centers for Free Radical Biology and Pulmonary Injury Repair Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Grant funding from IKARIA for trainee research. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NA RP GF. Performed the experiments: GF MD. Analyzed the data: GF MD NA RP. Wrote the paper: NA GF MD.