Sountoulidis, Alexandros https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8837-4642
Theelke, Jonas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5074-1793
Liontos, Andreas
Firsova, Alexandra B. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7345-7429
Eliot, Orane
Koepke, Janine
Millar-Büchner, Pamela
Mannerås-Holm, Louise
Björklund, Åsa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2224-7090
Fysikopoulos, Athanasios https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8081-0198
Kelm, Antonia
Bouloukou, Eleni
Gaengel, Konstantin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2682-2833
Bäckhed, Fredrik
Betsholtz, Christer
Seeger, Werner https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1946-0894
Bellusci, Saverio
Samakovlis, Christos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9153-6040
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Respiratory Society (LTRF 2014 – 3565)
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (BS2025-0017)
Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (2020.0057)
Vetenskapsrådet (2021- 04896)
Vetenskapsrådet (2023-03087)
Vetenskapsrådet (2019-04893)
Cancerfonden (CF 243852 Pj 01H)
Familjen Erling-Perssons Stiftelse (2023-0035)
Article History
Received: 5 December 2025
Accepted: 5 March 2026
First Online: 18 March 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.