About the Authors

David H. Tompkins

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology in the Perinatal Institute and Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Valérie Besnard

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology in the Perinatal Institute and Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Alexander W. Lange

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology in the Perinatal Institute and Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Susan E. Wert

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology in the Perinatal Institute and Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Angela R. Keiser

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology in the Perinatal Institute and Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

April N. Smith

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology in the Perinatal Institute and Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Richard Lang

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology in the Perinatal Institute and Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jeffrey A. Whitsett

jeff.whitsett@cchmc.org

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology in the Perinatal Institute and Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DHT VB AWL ARK ANS RL JAW. Performed the experiments: DHT AWL ARK. Analyzed the data: DHT VB AWL SEW ARK JAW. Wrote the paper: DHT VB AWL SEW RL JAW. Immunohistochemistry: VB.