About the Authors

M. Simiakakis

Affiliation 1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Sotiria Hospital for Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece

F. Kapsimalis

fogeka@otenet.gr

Affiliation 1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Sotiria Hospital for Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece

E. Chaligiannis

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

S. Loukides

Affiliation 2nd Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

N. Sitaras

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

M. Alchanatis

Affiliation 1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Sotiria Hospital for Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS SL MA. Performed the experiments: MS EC NS. Analyzed the data: MS FK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EC NS. Wrote the paper: MS FK.