About the Authors

Laura Novensà

Affiliations Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, Institut Clinic de Tòrax, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain

Susana Novella

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Research Foundation, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria INCLIVA, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain

Pascual Medina

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria INCLIVA, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain

Gloria Segarra

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria INCLIVA, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain

Nadia Castillo

Affiliations Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, Institut Clinic de Tòrax, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain

Magda Heras

Affiliations Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, Institut Clinic de Tòrax, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain

Carlos Hermenegildo

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria INCLIVA, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain

Ana Paula Dantas

adantas@clinic.ub.es

Affiliations Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, Institut Clinic de Tòrax, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LN SN PM GS NC MH CH APD. Performed the experiments: LN SN NC APD. Analyzed the data: LN SN PM GS NC MH CH APD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH PM GS CH APD. Wrote the paper: SN CH APD.