About the Authors

Juan P. de Torres

jupa65@hotmail.com

Affiliation Pulmonary Department, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Ciro Casanova

Affiliations Pulmonary Department, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Respiratory Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Victor Pinto-Plata

Affiliation Pulmonary and Critical Care Department, St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nerea Varo

Affiliation Biochemical Analysis Department, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Patricia Restituto

Affiliation Biochemical Analysis Department, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Elizabeth Cordoba-Lanus

Affiliation Respiratory Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Rebeca Baz-Dávila

Affiliation Respiratory Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Armando Aguirre-Jaime

Affiliation Respiratory Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Bartolome R. Celli

Affiliation Pulmonary Department, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPT CC BC. Performed the experiments: JPT CC VPP NV PR AA. Analyzed the data: JPT AA BC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NV PR EC RBD. Wrote the paper: JPT CC BC.