About the Authors

Paula Moreno

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Spain, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/ Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, 14004 Córdoba, Spain, Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Unit, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, 14004 Córdoba, Spain

Maribel Lara-Chica

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Spain, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/ Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, 14004 Córdoba, Spain

Rafael Soler-Torronteras

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Spain, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/ Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, 14004 Córdoba, Spain

Teresa Caro

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Spain, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/ University of Córdoba, 14004 Córdoba, Spain

Manuel Medina

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Spain, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/ University of Córdoba, 14004 Córdoba, Spain

Antonio Álvarez

Affiliation Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Unit, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, 14004 Córdoba, Spain

Ángel Salvatierra

Affiliation Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Unit, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, 14004 Córdoba, Spain

Eduardo Muñoz

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Spain, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/ Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, 14004 Córdoba, Spain

Marco A. Calzado

mcalzado@uco.es

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Spain, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/ Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, 14004 Córdoba, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAC. Performed the experiments: PM MLC RS TC MM AA. Analyzed the data: PM MLC RS TC MM AA AS EM MAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TC MM AA AS EM. Wrote the paper: PM MLC AS EM MAC. Conceptual input: MM AS AS EM MAC.