About the Authors
- Eva Wex
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* E-mail: eva.wex@boehringer-ingelheim.com
Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany
- Eva Thaler
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Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany
- Sylvia Blum
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Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany
- David Lamb
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Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: All authors are employees of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG. The funder (Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG) provided support in the form of salaries for authors [EW, ET, SB, DL], but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EW ET SB DL. Performed the experiments: EW ET SB. Analyzed the data: EW ET SB DL. Wrote the paper: EW ET SB DL.