About the Authors

Nicoline M. Korthagen

Affiliations Center of Interstitial Lung Diseases, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, Division of Heart & Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Coline H. M. van Moorsel

Affiliations Center of Interstitial Lung Diseases, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, Division of Heart & Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Nicole P. Barlo

Affiliation Center of Interstitial Lung Diseases, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

Karin M. Kazemier

Affiliation Division of Heart & Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Henk J. T. Ruven

Affiliation Clinical Chemistry, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

Jan C. Grutters

j.grutters@antoniusziekenhuis.nl

Affiliations Center of Interstitial Lung Diseases, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, Division of Heart & Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NK CvM KK JG NPB. Performed the experiments: NK CvM KK. Analyzed the data: NK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NK CvM HR JG. Wrote the paper: NK CvM HR JG.