About the Authors

Anne-Christin Stöwhas

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Tsogyal D. Latshang

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Christian M. Lo Cascio

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Sina Lautwein

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Katrin Stadelmann

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Noemi Tesler

Affiliation Child Development Centre, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Lisa Ayers

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Kaspar Berneis

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Philipp A. Gerber

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Reto Huber

Affiliations Child Development Centre, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Peter Achermann

Affiliations Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Konrad E. Bloch

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

Malcolm Kohler

Malcolm.K@bluewin.ch

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

Competing Interests

The SUVA is a non-commercial, governmental institution in Switzerland which has no financial or other competing interest regarding this study. Thus this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK PA RH KB. Performed the experiments: ACS TL CL SL KS NT LA KB PG RH PA KEB MK. Analyzed the data: ACS TL CL SL KS NT LA KB PG RH PA KEB MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ACS TL CL SL KS NT LA KB PG RH PA KEB MK. Wrote the paper: ACS TL CL SL KS NT LA KB PG RH PA KEB MK.