About the Authors

Sean E. Gill

Affiliations Pulmonary Inflammation, Injury, and Repair Lab (PIIRL), Centre for Critical Illness Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Center, London, Ontario, Canada, Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Ravi Taneja

Affiliations Pulmonary Inflammation, Injury, and Repair Lab (PIIRL), Centre for Critical Illness Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Center, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Marta Rohan

Affiliation Pulmonary Inflammation, Injury, and Repair Lab (PIIRL), Centre for Critical Illness Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Center, London, Ontario, Canada

Lefeng Wang

Affiliation Pulmonary Inflammation, Injury, and Repair Lab (PIIRL), Centre for Critical Illness Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Center, London, Ontario, Canada

Sanjay Mehta

Sanjay.Mehta@lhsc.on.ca

Affiliations Pulmonary Inflammation, Injury, and Repair Lab (PIIRL), Centre for Critical Illness Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Center, London, Ontario, Canada, Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

Dr SM has been a reviewer for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SEG RT SM. Performed the experiments: MR LW. Analyzed the data: SEG RT MR LW SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RT SM. Wrote the paper: SEG SM. Editing of the manuscript: SEG RT MR LW SM.