About the Authors

David I. Kasahara

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alison S. Williams

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Leandro A. Benedito

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Barbara Ranscht

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Lester Kobzik

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christopher Hug

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School (HMS), Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Stephanie A. Shore

sshore@hsph.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DIK SAS. Performed the experiments: DIK ASW LAB LK CH. Analyzed the data: DIK ASW LK SAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BR CH. Wrote the paper: DIK LK SAS. Discussed the manuscript: DIK SAS LK CH BR. Provided transgenic mice: BR CH.