About the Authors

Elizabeth M. Mushaben

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

Gurjit Khurana Hershey

Affiliation Division of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Michael W. Pauciulo

Affiliation Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

William C. Nichols

Affiliation Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Timothy D. Le Cras

tim.lecras@cchmc.org

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMM TLC. Performed the experiments: EMM MWP TLC. Analyzed the data: EMM MWP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMM GKH MWP WCN TLC. Wrote the paper: EMM. Gave advice on the study design and interpretation: GKH WCN TLC. Provided feedback on the manuscript and final approval of the manuscript: GKH MWP WCN TLC.