About the Authors

Eva Wex

eva.wex@boehringer-ingelheim.com

Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany

Eva Thaler

Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany

Sylvia Blum

Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany

David Lamb

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.