About the Authors

Ron Balczon

rbalczon@southalabama.edu

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Nutan Prasain

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Indiana School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Cristhiaan Ochoa

Affiliations Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Jason Prater

Affiliations Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Bing Zhu

Affiliations Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Mikhail Alexeyev

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Sarah Sayner

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Dara W. Frank

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Troy Stevens

Affiliations Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB NP CO SS TS. Performed the experiments: RB NP JP. Analyzed the data: RB TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BZ MA SS DWF TS. Wrote the paper: RB TS.