About the Authors

Carina Malmhäll

Affiliation Krefting Research Centre, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Apostolos Bossios

Affiliation Krefting Research Centre, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Madeleine Rådinger

Affiliation Krefting Research Centre, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Margareta Sjöstrand

Affiliation Krefting Research Centre, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

You Lu

Affiliation Krefting Research Centre, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Bo Lundbäck

Affiliation Krefting Research Centre, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Jan Lötvall

jan.lotvall@gu.se

Affiliation Krefting Research Centre, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist related to this paper. Krefting Research Centre has financial support from the University of Gothenburg structure called “VBG-GROUP Centre for Asthma and Allergy Research”, through a long-term agreement between University of Gothenburg and the donors, Herman Krefting Foundation against Asthma/Allergy. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. No commercial entity is involved in the decision or analysis of this study.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM AB BL JL. Performed the experiments: CM MR MS YL. Analyzed the data: CM AB MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB BL JL. Wrote the paper: CM AB JL. Participated in editing the paper: MR MS BL.