About the Authors

I-Ching Wang

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology and the Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Lucille Meliton

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Xiaomeng Ren

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology and the Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Yufang Zhang

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology and the Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

David Balli

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology and the Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jonathan Snyder

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology and the Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jeffrey A. Whitsett

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology and the Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Vladimir V. Kalinichenko

kal4ti@cchmc.org (TVK); Vladimir.Kalinichenko@cchmc.org (VVK)

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology and the Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Tanya V. Kalin

kal4ti@cchmc.org (TVK); Vladimir.Kalinichenko@cchmc.org (VVK)

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology and the Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ICW VVK TVK. Performed the experiments: ICW LM XR YZ DB JS TVK. Analyzed the data: ICW VVK TVK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAW VVK TVK. Wrote the paper: VVK TVK.