About the Authors

Melanie Königshoff

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Giessen Lung Center, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Nisha Balsara

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Giessen Lung Center, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Eva-Maria Pfaff

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Giessen Lung Center, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Monika Kramer

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Giessen Lung Center, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Izabella Chrobak

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Giessen Lung Center, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Werner Seeger

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Giessen Lung Center, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Oliver Eickelberg

oliver.eickelberg@innere.med.uni-giessen.de

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Giessen Lung Center, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OE MK NB. Performed the experiments: MK NB EP IC MK. Analyzed the data: OE MK NB EP IC MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WS OE MK NB EP IC MK. Wrote the paper: OE MK.