About the Authors

Benoit Allard

Contributed equally to this work with: Benoit Allard, Imane Bara

Affiliations Univ- Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Département de Pharmacologie, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Bordeaux, France

Imane Bara

Contributed equally to this work with: Benoit Allard, Imane Bara

Affiliations Univ- Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Département de Pharmacologie, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Bordeaux, France

Guillaume Gilbert

Affiliations Univ- Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Département de Pharmacologie, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Bordeaux, France

Gabrielle Carvalho

Affiliations Univ- Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Département de Pharmacologie, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Bordeaux, France

Thomas Trian

Affiliations Univ- Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Département de Pharmacologie, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Bordeaux, France

Annaig Ozier

Affiliations Univ- Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Département de Pharmacologie, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Bordeaux, France, CHU de Bordeaux, Service d'Exploration Fonctionnelle Respiratoire, Pessac, France

Jennifer Gillibert-Duplantier

Affiliations Univ- Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Département de Pharmacologie, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Bordeaux, France

Olga Ousova

Affiliations Univ- Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Département de Pharmacologie, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Bordeaux, France

Elise Maurat

Affiliations Univ- Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Département de Pharmacologie, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Bordeaux, France

Matthieu Thumerel

Affiliations Univ- Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Département de Pharmacologie, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Bordeaux, France, CHU de Bordeaux, Service d'Exploration Fonctionnelle Respiratoire, Pessac, France

Jean-François Quignard

Affiliations Univ- Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Département de Pharmacologie, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Bordeaux, France

Pierre-Olivier Girodet

Affiliations Univ- Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Département de Pharmacologie, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Bordeaux, France, CHU de Bordeaux, Service d'Exploration Fonctionnelle Respiratoire, Pessac, France

Roger Marthan

Affiliations Univ- Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Département de Pharmacologie, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Bordeaux, France, CHU de Bordeaux, Service d'Exploration Fonctionnelle Respiratoire, Pessac, France

Patrick Berger

patrick.berger@u-bordeaux2.fr

Affiliations Univ- Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Département de Pharmacologie, Bordeaux, France, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, Bordeaux, France, CHU de Bordeaux, Service d'Exploration Fonctionnelle Respiratoire, Pessac, France

Competing Interests

Patrick Berger has read the journal's policy and has the following conflicts: board member (Novartis, GSK), Research grants (Novartis, GSK), honoraria for speaking (Novartis, Chiesi, GSK, Astra-Zeneca, Schering Plough, Takeda). The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. 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: BA IB PB. Performed the experiments: BA IB GG GC TT AO JGD OO EM MT POG JFQ. Analyzed the data: BA IB GG PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BA IB GG POG. Wrote the paper: BA IB GG GC TT AO JGD OO EM MT POG JFQ RM PB. Obtained patient consent: AO MT POG PB.