About the Authors

Claudia Coronnello

clc196@pitt.edu (CC); benos@pitt.edu (PVB)

Affiliations Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Fondazione Ri.MED, Palermo, Italy

Ryan Hartmaier

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Womens Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Arshi Arora

Affiliation Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Luai Huleihel

Affiliation Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kusum V. Pandit

Affiliation Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Abha S. Bais

Affiliation Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Michael Butterworth

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Naftali Kaminski

Affiliation Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gary D. Stormo

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Steffi Oesterreich

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Womens Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Panayiotis V. Benos

clc196@pitt.edu (CC); benos@pitt.edu (PVB)

Affiliations Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC RH NK GDS SO PVB. Performed the experiments: CC RH LH KVP. Analyzed the data: CC RH AA ASB NK SO PVB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CC MB NK SO. Wrote the paper: CC RH MB NK GDS SO PVB.