About the Authors

Ali Awad

Affiliations Pulmonary Immunity, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, Lille, France, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France, CNRS UMR 8204, Lille, France, Univ Lille Nord de France, Lille, France

Hanane Yassine

Affiliations Pulmonary Immunity, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, Lille, France, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France, CNRS UMR 8204, Lille, France, Univ Lille Nord de France, Lille, France

Mathieu Barrier

Current address: ALZPROTECT, Loos, France

Affiliations Pulmonary Immunity, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, Lille, France, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France, CNRS UMR 8204, Lille, France, Univ Lille Nord de France, Lille, France

Han Vorng

Affiliations Pulmonary Immunity, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, Lille, France, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France, CNRS UMR 8204, Lille, France, Univ Lille Nord de France, Lille, France

Philippe Marquillies

Affiliations Pulmonary Immunity, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, Lille, France, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France, CNRS UMR 8204, Lille, France, Univ Lille Nord de France, Lille, France

Anne Tsicopoulos

Affiliations Pulmonary Immunity, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, Lille, France, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France, CNRS UMR 8204, Lille, France, Univ Lille Nord de France, Lille, France, Clinique des Maladies Respiratoires et Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France

Catherine Duez

catherine.duez@pasteur-lille.fr

Affiliations Pulmonary Immunity, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, Lille, France, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France, CNRS UMR 8204, Lille, France, Univ Lille Nord de France, Lille, France

Competing Interests

MB is currently employed by a commercial company (ALZPROTECT), but was exclusively employed by INSERM at the time he participated to the study. Therefore, this does not alter the authors adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB AT CD. Performed the experiments: AA HY MB HV PM. Analyzed the data: AA AT CD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA AT CD. Wrote the paper: AA AT CD. Revised manuscript: HY MB HV PM AT.