About the Authors

J'Neka S. Claxton

Affiliation Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Pablo C. Sandoval

Affiliation Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Gary Liu

Affiliation Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Chung-Lin Chou

Affiliation Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jason D. Hoffert

Affiliation Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mark A. Knepper

knepperm@nhlbi.nih.gov

Affiliation Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSC PCS GL CC JDH MAK. Performed the experiments: JSC PCS GL CC. Analyzed the data: JSC PCS GL CC JDH MAK. Wrote the paper: JSC PCS GL CC JDH MAK.