About the Authors

Gautam Damera

Affiliation Airways Biology Initiative, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kirk M. Druey

Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Philip R. Cooper

Affiliation Airways Biology Initiative, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Vera P. Krymskaya

Affiliation Airways Biology Initiative, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Roy J. Soberman

Affiliation Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yassine Amrani

Affiliation University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Toshinori Hoshi

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Christopher E. Brightling

Affiliation University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Reynold A. Panettieri Jr

rap@mail.med.upenn.edu

Affiliation Airways Biology Initiative, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, 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: KMD TH RAP RJS. Performed the experiments: GD PRC YA CEB TH. Analyzed the data: GD PRC TH RAP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMD VPK YA CEB. Wrote the paper: GD RAP RJS.