About the Authors

Isaac K. Sundar

Affiliation Department of Environmental Medicine, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Sangwoon Chung

Affiliation Department of Environmental Medicine, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jae-woong Hwang

Affiliation Department of Environmental Medicine, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

John D. Lapek Jr.

Affiliation Department of Environmental Medicine, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Michael Bulger

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Alan E. Friedman

Affiliation Department of Environmental Medicine, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Hongwei Yao

Affiliation Department of Environmental Medicine, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

James R. Davie

Affiliation Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Irfan Rahman

Irfan_Rahman@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Medicine, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IKS IR. Performed the experiments: IKS. Analyzed the data: IKS SC JH JDL AEF HY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JRD SC JH JDL AEF MB HY. Wrote the paper: IKS IR.