About the Authors

Foteini Malli

Affiliation Respiratory Medicine Department, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Angela Koutsokera

Affiliation Respiratory Medicine Department, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Efrosini Paraskeva

Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Epaminondas Zakynthinos

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Maria Papagianni

Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Dimosthenes Makris

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Irene Tsilioni

Affiliation Respiratory Medicine Department, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Paschalis Adam Molyvdas

Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis

Affiliation Respiratory Medicine Department, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Zoe Daniil

zdaniil@med.uth.gr

Affiliation Respiratory Medicine Department, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Competing Interests

These authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Revising the manuscript for important intellectual content: DM KIG. Conceived and designed the experiments: FM AK ZD. Performed the experiments: FM AK EP MP PAM IT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EZ. Wrote the paper: FM.