About the Authors

Michael J. Tuvim

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. Tuvim, Scott E. Evans

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Lung Inflammation and Infection, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Scott E. Evans

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. Tuvim, Scott E. Evans

seevans@mdanderson.org

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Lung Inflammation and Infection, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Cecilia G. Clement

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Burton F. Dickey

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Lung Inflammation and Infection, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Brian E. Gilbert

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

Authors MJT, CGC and BFD are inventors on a patent application entitled “COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR STIMULATION OF LUNG INNATE IMMUNITY,” involving the use of the means of stimulation used in this manuscript.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT SEE BD BG. Performed the experiments: MT CC BG. Analyzed the data: SEE BD BG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BG. Wrote the paper: SEE BD.