About the Authors

Marta López-Sánchez

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain

Mariana Muñoz-Esquerre

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, Pneumology Research Group, Institut d´Investigacions Biomèdiques de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Daniel Huertas

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain

José Gonzalez-Costello

Affiliation Pneumology Research Group, Institut d´Investigacions Biomèdiques de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Jesús Ribas

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, Pneumology Research Group, Institut d´Investigacions Biomèdiques de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Federico Manresa

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, Pneumology Research Group, Institut d´Investigacions Biomèdiques de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Jordi Dorca

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, Pneumology Research Group, Institut d´Investigacions Biomèdiques de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Salud Santos

saludsantos@bellvitgehospital.cat

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, Pneumology Research Group, Institut d´Investigacions Biomèdiques de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLS JGC JR FM JD SS. Performed the experiments: MLS MME DH JGC SS. Analyzed the data: MLS MME SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLS MME SS. Wrote the manuscript: MLS MME DH JGC JR FM JD SS.