About the Authors

Jan Bergström

Affiliation Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Kerstin Cederlund

Affiliation Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Division of Medical Imaging and Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Barbro Dahlén

Affiliation Lung and Allergy Research, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Ann-Sofie Lantz

Affiliation Lung and Allergy Research, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Maria Skedinger

Affiliation Lung and Allergy Research, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Lena Palmberg

Affiliation Lung and Allergy Research, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Britt-Marie Sundblad

Affiliation Lung and Allergy Research, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Kjell Larsson

kjell.larsson@ki.se

Affiliation Lung and Allergy Research, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB KC BD LP BMS KL. Performed the experiments: JB KC BD ASL MS LP BMS KL. Analyzed the data: JB KC BD ASL LP BMS KL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB KC ASL LP. Wrote the paper: JB KC BD ASL MS LP BMS KL.