1. Department of Internal Medicine Justus‐Liebig University (JLU) Giessen Giessen Hessen Germany
2. Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC) Member of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL) Giessen Hessen Germany
3. Department of Biochemistry Faculty of Medicine JLU Giessen Giessen Hessen Germany
4. Department of Thoracic Surgery Vienna General Hospital Vienna Austria
5. European IPF Network and European IPF Registry Giessen Germany
6. Member of the Cardio‐Pulmonary Institute (CPI) JLU Giessen Giessen Germany
7. Institute of Pathobiochemistry, The Autophagy Lab University Medical Center Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Germany
8. Lung Clinic Agaplesion Evangelisches Krankenhaus Mittelhessen Giessen Germany