About the Authors

Céline Sanfiorenzo

Contributed equally to this work with: Céline Sanfiorenzo, Marius I. Ilie

Affiliations Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing in Nice IRCAN, INSERM U1081 – CNRS UMR 7284, Team 3, Nice, France, University Hospital Center of Nice, Pasteur Hospital, Department of Pneumology, Nice, France, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Faculty of Medicine, Team 3, Nice, France

Marius I. Ilie

Contributed equally to this work with: Céline Sanfiorenzo, Marius I. Ilie

Affiliations Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing in Nice IRCAN, INSERM U1081 – CNRS UMR 7284, Team 3, Nice, France, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Faculty of Medicine, Team 3, Nice, France, University Hospital Center of Nice, Pasteur Hospital, Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Nice, France, University Hospital Center of Nice, Pasteur Hospital, Human Biobank, Nice, France

Amine Belaid

Affiliation Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing in Nice IRCAN, INSERM U1081 – CNRS UMR 7284, Team 3, Nice, France

Fabrice Barlési

Affiliation Aix Marseille Université – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Multidisciplinary Oncology and Therapeutic Innovations Department, Marseille, France

Jérôme Mouroux

Affiliations Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing in Nice IRCAN, INSERM U1081 – CNRS UMR 7284, Team 3, Nice, France, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Faculty of Medicine, Team 3, Nice, France, University Hospital Center of Nice, Pasteur Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nice, France

Charles-Hugo Marquette

Affiliations Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing in Nice IRCAN, INSERM U1081 – CNRS UMR 7284, Team 3, Nice, France, University Hospital Center of Nice, Pasteur Hospital, Department of Pneumology, Nice, France, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Faculty of Medicine, Team 3, Nice, France

Patrick Brest

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing in Nice IRCAN, INSERM U1081 – CNRS UMR 7284, Team 3, Nice, France, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Faculty of Medicine, Team 3, Nice, France

Paul Hofman

hofman.p@chu-nice.fr

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing in Nice IRCAN, INSERM U1081 – CNRS UMR 7284, Team 3, Nice, France, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Faculty of Medicine, Team 3, Nice, France, University Hospital Center of Nice, Pasteur Hospital, Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Nice, France, University Hospital Center of Nice, Pasteur Hospital, Human Biobank, Nice, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS MI PB PH. Performed the experiments: CS AB MI. Analyzed the data: CS MI PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHM FB JM PH. Wrote the paper: MI PB PH.