About the Authors

Michael Roth

michael.roth@usb.ch

Affiliations Pulmonary Cell Research, Department Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Pneumology, Department Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Jun Zhong

Affiliation Pulmonary Cell Research, Department Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Celine Zumkeller

Affiliation Pulmonary Cell Research, Department Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Chong Teck S’ng

Affiliation Pulmonary Cell Research, Department Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Stephanie Goulet

Affiliation Pulmonary Cell Research, Department Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Michael Tamm

Affiliation Pneumology, Department Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

Michael Tamm received an unrestricted research grant from Novartis. 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: MR MT. Performed the experiments: MR JZ SG CZ. Analyzed the data: MR CTS MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT. Wrote the paper: MR CTS MT.