About the Authors

Philip R. Cooper

Affiliation Department of Medicine and the Airways Biology Initiative, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

A. Clementina Mesaros

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology, Center for Cancer Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jie Zhang

Affiliation Department of Medicine and the Airways Biology Initiative, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Peter Christmas

Affiliations Biology Department, Radford University, Radford, Virginia, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital East, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christopher M. Stark

Affiliation Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital East, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Karim Douaidy

Affiliation Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital East, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael A. Mittelman

Affiliation Department of Medicine and the Airways Biology Initiative, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Roy J. Soberman

Affiliation Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital East, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ian A. Blair

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology, Center for Cancer Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Reynold A. Panettieri Jr

RAP@mail.med.upenn.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine and the Airways Biology Initiative, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology, Center for Cancer Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PC RAPJ. Performed the experiments: PC ACM JZ CS KD MAM. Analyzed the data: PC ACM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PC ACM PC CS KD RJS IAB. Wrote the paper: PC ACM RJS.