About the Authors

Christophe Verbeurgt

christophe.verbeurgt@erasme.ulb.ac.be

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Erasme University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Alex Veithen

Affiliation ChemCom S.A., Brussels, Belgium

Sébastien Carlot

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Erasme University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Maxime Tarabichi

Affiliation Institute of Interdisciplinary Research in human and molecular Biology, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Jacques E. Dumont

Affiliation Institute of Interdisciplinary Research in human and molecular Biology, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Sergio Hassid

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Erasme University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Pierre Chatelain

Affiliation ChemCom S.A., Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

Two authors (AV and PC) are employed by the commercial company Chemcom S.A., Brussels. There are no relevant declarations relating to employment, consultancy, patents, products in development, or marketed products. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CV AV JED SH PC. Data curation: CV AV MT. Formal analysis: CV AV MT JED PC. Investigation: CV AV SC. Methodology: CV AV PC. Resources: CV AV PC. Software: CV AV. Supervision: AV PC. Validation: CV AV PC. Visualization: CV. Writing – original draft: CV AV. Writing – review & editing: CV AV JED PC.