About the Authors

Joost J. Smit

Current address: Institute for Risk Assessment Studies, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Dennis M. Lindell

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Louis Boon

Affiliation Bioceros BV, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Mirjam Kool

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Bart N. Lambrecht

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Nicholas W. Lukacs

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: nlukacs@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NL JS MK. Performed the experiments: JS DL. Analyzed the data: NL JS DL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LB BL MK. Wrote the paper: NL JS.