About the Authors
- Nele Heulens
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Affiliation Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Hannelie Korf
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Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Carolien Mathyssen
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Affiliation Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Stephanie Everaerts
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Affiliation Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Elien De Smidt
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Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Christophe Dooms
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Affiliation Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Jonas Yserbyt
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Affiliation Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Conny Gysemans
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Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Ghislaine Gayan-Ramirez
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Affiliation Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Chantal Mathieu
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Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Wim Janssens
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* E-mail: wim.janssens@uzleuven.be
Affiliation Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests. This study was partly funded by AstraZeneca chair. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors. No part of this research has been funded by tobacco industry sources.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: NH WJ. Data curation: NH WJ. Formal analysis: NH HK C. Mathyssen SE. Funding acquisition: HK WJ. Investigation: NH HK ED. Methodology: NH HK C. Mathyssen SE CD JY GGR. Project administration: HK WJ. Resources: WJ. Supervision: CG C. Mathieu GGR WJ. Visualization: NH WJ. Writing - original draft: NH HK C. Mathyssen SE ED. Writing - review & editing: CD JY CG C. Mathieu GGR WJ.