About the Authors

Arnoldus J. R. van Gestel

vrns@zhaw.ch

Affiliations Pulmonary Division, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Health, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland

Christian F. Clarenbach

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Anne C. Stöwhas

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Valentina A. Rossi

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Noriane A. Sievi

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Giovanni Camen

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Erich W. Russi

Affiliations Pulmonary Division, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Malcolm Kohler

Affiliations Pulmonary Division, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJRvG EWR MK. Performed the experiments: AJRvG CFC ACS VAR NAS GC. Analyzed the data: AJRvG CFC ACS VAR NAS GC EWR MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJRvG EWR MK. Wrote the paper: AJRvG MK.