About the Authors

José Antonio Fiz

Affiliations Pneumology Service, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Badalona, Spain, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Barcelona, Spain, Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials, and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Barcelona, Spain

Raimon Jané

rjane@ibecbarcelona.eu

Affiliations Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Barcelona, Spain, Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials, and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Barcelona, Spain, Dept. ESAII, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

Manuel Lozano

Affiliations Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Barcelona, Spain, Innovation Group, Health Sciences Research Institute of the Germans Trias I Pujol Foundation (IGTP), Badalona, Spain

Rosa Gómez

Affiliation Pneumology Service, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Badalona, Spain

Juan Ruiz

Affiliation Pneumology Service, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Badalona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAF RJ ML JR. Performed the experiments: JAF ML RG. Analyzed the data: JAF RJ ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAF RJ ML. Wrote the paper: JAF RJ ML. Interpreted results of experiments: JAF RJ ML.