About the Authors

Jonathan P. Butchar

jon.butchar@osumc.edu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Thomas J. Cremer

Affiliation Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Corey D. Clay

Affiliation Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Mikhail A. Gavrilin

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Mark D. Wewers

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Clay B. Marsh

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Larry S. Schlesinger

Affiliation Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Susheela Tridandapani

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPB CM ST. Performed the experiments: JPB TJC CDC MAG. Analyzed the data: JPB TJC CDC MAG CM ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDW LSS ST. Wrote the paper: JPB LSS ST.