About the Authors

Zoraida Verde

Contributed equally to this work with: Zoraida Verde, Catalina Santiago

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

Catalina Santiago

Contributed equally to this work with: Zoraida Verde, Catalina Santiago

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

José Miguel Rodríguez González-Moro

Affiliation Department of Neumology, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

Pilar de Lucas Ramos

Affiliation Department of Neumology, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

Soledad López Martín

Affiliation Department of Neumology, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

Fernando Bandrés

Affiliation Department of ‘Aula de Estudios Avanzados’, Fundación Tejerina, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

Alejandro Lucia

alejandro.lucia@uem.es

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

Félix Gómez-Gallego

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS ZV FG-G. Performed the experiments: ZV CS. Analyzed the data: ZV AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FG-G FB. Wrote the paper: AL ZV. Phenotype assessment: JMRG-M PdLR SLM.