About the Authors

Stéphanie De Vleeschauwer

Affiliation Laboratory of Pneumology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Wolfgang Jungraithmayr

Affiliation Laboratory of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

Shana Wauters

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Thoracic Surgery, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Stijn Willems

Affiliation Laboratory of Pneumology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Manuela Rinaldi

Affiliation Laboratory of Pneumology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Annemie Vaneylen

Affiliation Laboratory of Pneumology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Stijn Verleden

Affiliation Laboratory of Pneumology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Anna Willems-Widyastuti

Affiliation Laboratory of Pneumology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Ken Bracke

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium

Guy Brusselle

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium

Erik Verbeken

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Dirk Van Raemdonck

Affiliations Laboratory of Experimental Thoracic Surgery, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Geert Verleden

Affiliations Laboratory of Pneumology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Pneumology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Bart Vanaudenaerde

bart.vanaudenaerde@med.kuleuven.be

Affiliation Laboratory of Pneumology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDV S. Wauters WJ EV GV BV. Performed the experiments: SDV S. Wauters S. Willems MR. Analyzed the data: SDV EV BV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB GB. Wrote the paper: SDV WJ S. Wauters AW-W AV DVR GV BV.