About the Authors

Elizabeth R. Sharp

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Christian B. Willberg

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Peter J. Kuebler

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jacob Abadi

Affiliation Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Glenn J. Fennelly

Affiliation Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Joanna Dobroszycki

Affiliation Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Andrew A. Wiznia

Affiliation Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Michael G. Rosenberg

Affiliation Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Douglas F. Nixon

douglas.nixon@ucsf.edu

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ERS CBW MGR DFN. Performed the experiments: ERS CBW. Analyzed the data: ERS CBW AAW MGR DFN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ERS CBW PJK JA GJF JD AAW MGR DFN. Wrote the paper: ERS CBW PJK AAW MGR DFN.