About the Authors

Charles A. Downs

Affiliations Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Emory-Children Center for Developmental Lung Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory Alcohol and Lung Biology Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

David Q. Trac

Contributed equally to this work with: David Q. Trac, My N. Helms

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Emory-Children Center for Developmental Lung Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lisa H. Kreiner

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Emory-Children Center for Developmental Lung Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Amity F. Eaton

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Emory-Children Center for Developmental Lung Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Nicholle M. Johnson

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Emory-Children Center for Developmental Lung Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lou Ann Brown

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Emory-Children Center for Developmental Lung Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory Alcohol and Lung Biology Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

My N. Helms

Contributed equally to this work with: David Q. Trac, My N. Helms

mhelms@emory.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Emory-Children Center for Developmental Lung Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory Alcohol and Lung Biology Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LAB MNH. Performed the experiments: CAD DQT LK MNH NMJ AFE. Analyzed the data: CAD DQT LK LAB MNH AFE NMJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAB MNH. Wrote the paper: CAD DT LAB MNH.