About the Authors

Andreas Hector

Contributed equally to this work with: Andreas Hector, Michael S. D. Kormann, Ines Mack

Affiliation Department I, Children's Hospital, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Michael S. D. Kormann

Contributed equally to this work with: Andreas Hector, Michael S. D. Kormann, Ines Mack

Affiliation Department I, Children's Hospital, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Ines Mack

Contributed equally to this work with: Andreas Hector, Michael S. D. Kormann, Ines Mack

Affiliation Research Center, Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Philipp Latzin

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Berne, Inselspital, Berne, Switzerland

Carmen Casaulta

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Berne, Inselspital, Berne, Switzerland

Elisabeth Kieninger

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Berne, Inselspital, Berne, Switzerland

Zhe Zhou

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Department of Pediatrics III, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Ali Ö. Yildirim

Affiliation Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease (iLBD), University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilians University and Helmholtz ZentrumMünchen, Munich, Germany

Alexander Bohla

Affiliation Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease (iLBD), University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilians University and Helmholtz ZentrumMünchen, Munich, Germany

Nikolaus Rieber

Affiliation Department I, Children's Hospital, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Matthias Kappler

Affiliation Research Center, Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Barbara Koller

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Ernst Eber

Affiliation Respiratory and Allergic Disease Division, Paediatric Department, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Olaf Eickmeier

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy and Cystic Fibrosis, Children's Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Stefan Zielen

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy and Cystic Fibrosis, Children's Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Oliver Eickelberg

Affiliation Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease (iLBD), University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilians University and Helmholtz ZentrumMünchen, Munich, Germany

Matthias Griese

Affiliation Research Center, Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Marcus A. Mall

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Department of Pediatrics III, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Dominik Hartl

dominik.hartl@med.uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliation Department I, Children's Hospital, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: O. Eickelberg MAM DH. Performed the experiments: AH MSDK PL EK CC MK BK IM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PL EK CC MK BK EE O. Eickmeier SZ NR MG. Wrote the paper: DH MAM AH. Analyzed the human data: AH MSDK IM DH. Analyzed the murine data: ZZ AÖY AB.