About the Authors

Ilse M. Beck

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Research (LECR), Department of Radiation Oncology & Experimental Cancer Research, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Koen Van Crombruggen

Affiliation Upper Airway Research Laboratory (URL), Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Gabriele Holtappels

Affiliation Upper Airway Research Laboratory (URL), Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

François Daubeuf

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Innovation Thérapeutique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7200, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, Illkirch, France

Nelly Frossard

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Innovation Thérapeutique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7200, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, Illkirch, France

Claus Bachert

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Upper Airway Research Laboratory (URL), Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, Division of ENT Diseases, Clintec, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Karolien De Bosscher

Karolien.DeBosscher@vib-ugent.be

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Receptor Research Laboratories, Nuclear Receptor Lab (NRL), VIB Department of Medical Protein Research, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IMB KVC NF CB KDB. Performed the experiments: GH FD. Analyzed the data: IMB KVC GH NF CB KDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB KDB. Wrote the paper: IMB KDB KVC GH FD NF CB. Gave their final approval of the version to be published, and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work: IMB KDB KVC GH FD NF CB.