About the Authors

Matthias Griese

Matthias.griese@med.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliation Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Stephanie Heinrich

Affiliation Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Felix Ratjen

Affiliation Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Michael Kabesch

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergy and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Karl Paul

Affiliation Lungenpraxis, Berlin, Germany

Manfred Ballmann

Affiliation St. Josefs Hospital, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Bochum, Germany

Ernst Rietschel

Affiliation Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany

Matthias Kappler

Affiliation Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG SH. Performed the experiments: SH. Analyzed the data: MG SH FR M. Kabesch KP MB ER M. Kappler. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG FR KP MB ER M. Kappler. Wrote the paper: MG SH FR.