About the Authors

Huaicong Long

Affiliations Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Geriatrics, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. of China

Brian P. O'Connor

Affiliations Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado and National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Rachel L. Zemans

Affiliations Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Xiaofang Zhou

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. of China

Ivana V. Yang

Affiliations Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

David A. Schwartz

david.schwartz@ucdenver.edu

Affiliations Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado and National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAS. Performed the experiments: HL RLZ. Analyzed the data: HL RLZ BPO IVY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XZ. Wrote the paper: HL IVY DAS.