About the Authors

Ross Ridsdale

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Cheng-Lun Na

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Yan Xu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Kenneth D. Greis

Affiliation Department of Cancer and Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Timothy Weaver

tim.weaver@cchmc.org

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, 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: RR TW. Performed the experiments: RR C-LN KG. Analyzed the data: RR YX KDG TW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RR YX KDG. Wrote the paper: RR TW KDG C-LN YX.