About the Authors

Mónica Guerrero

Affiliation Respiratory Department, Clinic Institute of Respiratory (ICR), Hospital Clinic of Barcelona - Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Agusti Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) - CIBERES - University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain

Ernesto Crisafulli

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Respiratory Disease and Lung Function Unit, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Adamantia Liapikou

Affiliation 6th Respiratory Department, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece

Arturo Huerta

Affiliation Respiratory Department, Clinic Institute of Respiratory (ICR), Hospital Clinic of Barcelona - Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Agusti Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) - CIBERES - University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain

Albert Gabarrús

Affiliation Respiratory Department, Clinic Institute of Respiratory (ICR), Hospital Clinic of Barcelona - Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Agusti Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) - CIBERES - University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain

Alfredo Chetta

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Respiratory Disease and Lung Function Unit, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Nestor Soler

Affiliation Respiratory Department, Clinic Institute of Respiratory (ICR), Hospital Clinic of Barcelona - Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Agusti Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) - CIBERES - University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain

Antoni Torres

ATORRES@clinic.ub.es

Affiliation Respiratory Department, Clinic Institute of Respiratory (ICR), Hospital Clinic of Barcelona - Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Agusti Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) - CIBERES - University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG EC AH NS AT. Performed the experiments: MG AH NS AT. Analyzed the data: AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG EC AL AH AG AC NS AT. Wrote the paper: MG EC AL AH AG AC NS AT.