About the Authors
- Ferranda Puig
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Affiliation CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Bunyola, Spain
- Gemma Fuster
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Affiliation CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Bunyola, Spain
- Mélanie Adda
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Affiliation Critical Care Center, Hospital de Sabadell, Institut Universitari Parc Taulí, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
- Lluís Blanch
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Affiliations CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Bunyola, Spain, Critical Care Center, Hospital de Sabadell, Institut Universitari Parc Taulí, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
- Ramon Farre
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Affiliations CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Bunyola, Spain, Unitat de Biofísica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Daniel Navajas
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Affiliations CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Bunyola, Spain, Unitat de Biofísica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC), Barcelona, Spain
- Antonio Artigas
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* E-mail: aartigas@tauli.cat
Affiliations CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Bunyola, Spain, Critical Care Center, Hospital de Sabadell, Institut Universitari Parc Taulí, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
Competing Interests
This project was partially funded by the commercial company Eli Lilly and Company. Professor Antonio Artigas, the corresponding author, have received travel support, lecture fees and support patient recruitment (through his institution) from Eli Lilly. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Result discussion: FP GF MA DN RF LB AA. Conceived and designed the experiments: FP AA RF LB DN. Performed the experiments: FP GF MA. Analyzed the data: FP GF MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DN RF LB AA. Wrote the paper: FP.