About the Authors

Michael Lindner

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliations Asklepios Biobank for Lung Diseases, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Asklepios Fachkliniken München-Gauting, Gauting and German Center for Lung Research – DZL, Munich, Germany, German Center for Lung Research – DZL, Munich, Germany

Alicia Morresi-Hauf

Roles Resources, Validation

Affiliations German Center for Lung Research – DZL, Munich, Germany, Asklepios Biobank for Lung Diseases, Department of Pathology, Asklepios Fachkliniken München-Gauting, Gauting, Germany

Anja Stowasser

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Asklepios Biobank for Lung Diseases, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Asklepios Fachkliniken München-Gauting, Gauting and German Center for Lung Research – DZL, Munich, Germany, German Center for Lung Research – DZL, Munich, Germany

Alexander Hapfelmeier

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany

Rudolf A. Hatz

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Asklepios Biobank for Lung Diseases, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Asklepios Fachkliniken München-Gauting, Gauting and German Center for Lung Research – DZL, Munich, Germany, German Center for Lung Research – DZL, Munich, Germany

Ina Koch

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Ina.Koch@asklepios.com

Affiliations Asklepios Biobank for Lung Diseases, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Asklepios Fachkliniken München-Gauting, Gauting and German Center for Lung Research – DZL, Munich, Germany, German Center for Lung Research – DZL, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.