About the Authors

Aihua Hu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perlman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Maureen B. Josephson

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perlman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Barry L. Diener

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perlman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gustavo Nino

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perlman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Integrative Systems Biology and Division of Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Center for Genetic Medicine Research, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Shuyun Xu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perlman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Chinmay Paranjape

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perlman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jordan S. Orange

Affiliation Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michael M. Grunstein

grunstein@email.chop.edu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perlman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Obtained permission for use of mutant glucocorticoid receptor plasmids: AH MMG. Conceived and designed the experiments: MMG AH JSO. Performed the experiments: AH MBJ BLD GN SX CP. Analyzed the data: AH MMG MBJ BLD CP JSO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH MMG. Wrote the paper: MMG AH.