About the Authors

Christian A. Ruge

Affiliation Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

Ulrich F. Schaefer

Affiliation Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

Jennifer Herrmann

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany, Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

Julian Kirch

Affiliation Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

Olga Cañadas

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Mercedes Echaide

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Jesús Pérez-Gil

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Cristina Casals

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Rolf Müller

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany, Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

Claus-Michael Lehr

lehr@mx.uni-saarland.de

Affiliations Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany, Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAR UFS CML. Performed the experiments: CAR. Analyzed the data: CAR UFS OC CC CML JGP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH JK RM OC ME JPG CC. Wrote the paper: CAR UFS CML.