About the Authors

Claudia Hernández-Jiménez

claudia_herjim@iner.gob.mx

Affiliation Department of Experimental Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias “Ismael Cosío Villegas”, Mexico City, Mexico

Rogelio García-Torrentera

Affiliation Respiratory Therapy Service, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias “Ismael Cosío Villegas”, Mexico City, Mexico

J. Raúl Olmos-Zúñiga

Affiliation Department of Experimental Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias “Ismael Cosío Villegas”, Mexico City, Mexico

Rogelio Jasso-Victoria

Affiliation Department of Experimental Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias “Ismael Cosío Villegas”, Mexico City, Mexico

Miguel O. Gaxiola-Gaxiola

Affiliation Laboratory of Morphology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias “Ismael Cosío Villegas”, Mexico City, Mexico

Matilde Baltazares-Lipp

Affiliation Department of Experimental Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias “Ismael Cosío Villegas”, Mexico City, Mexico

Luis H. Gutiérrez-González

Affiliation Department of Virology and Mycology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias “Ismael Cosío Villegas”, Mexico City, Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHJ. Performed the experiments: CHJ RGT MBL JROZ RJV MOGG. Analyzed the data: CHJ RGT JROZ MOGG LHGG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHJ MBL JROZ RJV MOGG. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: CHJ LHGG.