About the Authors

James G. Taylor VI

Contributed equally to this work with: James G. Taylor VI, Vikki G. Nolan

jamesta@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Vikki G. Nolan

Contributed equally to this work with: James G. Taylor VI, Vikki G. Nolan

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Laurel Mendelsohn

Affiliation Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Gregory J. Kato

Affiliations Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mark T. Gladwin

Affiliations Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Martin H. Steinberg

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS JT VN MG. Performed the experiments: JT VN GK LM. Analyzed the data: MS JT VN MG GK LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS MG GK. Wrote the paper: MS JT VN MG GK LM.