About the Authors
- Firdaus A. A. Mohamed Hoesein
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Contributed equally to this work with: Firdaus A. A. Mohamed Hoesein, Els Wauters
* E-mail: fmohamedhoesein@gmail.com
Affiliation Division of Heart and Lungs, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Els Wauters
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Contributed equally to this work with: Firdaus A. A. Mohamed Hoesein, Els Wauters
Affiliations Respiratory Division, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Vesalius Research Center, VIB, Leuven, Belgium, Vesalius Research Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Wim Janssens
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Affiliation Respiratory Division, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Harry J. M. Groen
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Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Joanna Smolonska
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Cisca Wijmenga
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Dirkje S. Postma
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Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- H. Marike Boezen
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Pim A. De Jong
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Affiliation Department of Radiology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Marc Decramer
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Affiliation Respiratory Division, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Jan-Willem J. Lammers
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Affiliation Division of Heart and Lungs, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Diether Lambrechts
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Affiliations Vesalius Research Center, VIB, Leuven, Belgium, Vesalius Research Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Pieter Zanen
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Affiliation Division of Heart and Lungs, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
DS Postma received funding for research from AstraZeneca, GSK, Nycomed. Travel to ERS or ATS has been partially funded by AstraZeneca, GSK, Chiesi, Nycomed. DS Postma has been consultant to AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GSK, Nycomed, TEVA. W Janssens has been consultant and received travel grants from Boehringer Ingelheim, Astra Zeneca, Nycomed. All the other authors state that they have no conflicts of interests. The above commercial funding was not for this specific study. This study was, however, funded by ‘Zorg Onderzoek Nederland-Medische Wetenschappen, KWF Kankerbestrijding, Stichting Centraal Fonds Reserves van Voormalig Vrijwillige Ziekenfondsverzekeringen, Siemens Germany, G. Ph. Verhagen Stichting, Rotterdam Oncologic Thoracic Steering Committee, Erasmus Trust Fund, Stichting tegen Kanker. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PZ WJ DL. Performed the experiments: JS EW. Analyzed the data: FMH EW PZ WJ DL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS. Wrote the paper: FMH EW PZ WJ DL HG CW DP MB PDJ MD JL.