About the Authors

Patrice M. Becker

Patrice.Becker@questcor.com

Current address: Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ellicott City, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Tracy S. Tran

Current address: Department of Biologic Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Affiliation The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michael J. Delannoy

Affiliation Cell Biology Imaging Facility, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Chaoxia He

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

John M. Shannon

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Sharon McGrath-Morrow

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMB TST MJD CH JMS SM-M. Performed the experiments: PMB MJD CH JMS. Analyzed the data: PMB TST JMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMB TST MJD JMS SM-M. Wrote the paper: PMB.