About the Authors

Erick Forno

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Michelle M. Cloutier

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Soma Datta

Affiliation Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kathryn Paul

Affiliation Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jody Sylvia

Affiliation Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Deanna Calvert

Affiliation Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America

Sherell Thornton-Thompson

Affiliation Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America

Dorothy B. Wakefield

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

John Brehm

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Robert G. Hamilton

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

María Alvarez

Affiliation Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Angel Colón-Semidey

Affiliation Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Edna Acosta-Pérez

Affiliation Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Glorisa Canino

Affiliation Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Juan C. Celedón

juan.celedon@chp.edu

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

J.C.C. was paid $3,000 in 2011 for a consultancy for Genentech on an issue unrelated to this manuscript. He has also received royalties from UpToDate for writing a chapter on genetics of complex diseases (<$500 per year). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. No other author reported any conflict of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EF EA-P GC JCC. Performed the experiments: EF EA-P GC JCC. Analyzed the data: EF SD JB JCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KP JS DC ST-T DW RH MA AC-S EA-P. Wrote the paper: EF JCC. Participated in the review of the manuscript and approved its final version: EF MMC SD KP JS DC ST-T DW JB RH MA AC-S EA-P GC JCC.