De Pauw, Ellen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5965-7600
Gommers, Beau https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1910-8332
Ensinck, Marjolein M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0580-0819
Timmerman, Stefan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2253-7522
De Vriendt, Silke https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4022-2869
Bueds, Celine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6543-3865
Wei, Mengjie https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9879-3501
Hermans, Florian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2321-3995
Arnauts, Kaline https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0872-7776
Ramalho, Anabela S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6480-8725
Vermeulen, Francois https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2303-2470
Dupont, Lieven https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3961-1522
Lambrechts, Diether https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3429-302X
Carlon, Marianne S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8263-0350
Vankelecom, Hugo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2251-7284
Funding for this research was provided by:
joint grant from the Fund Alphonse-Jean Forton (King Baudouin Foundation) and Belgian CF patient association (2023-J1810150-232650)
Article History
Received: 15 September 2024
Revised: 17 January 2025
Accepted: 16 February 2025
First Online: 13 March 2025
Declarations
:
: The study was approved by the Ethical Research Committee UZ/KU Leuven (endometrial biopsies; S66294, S59006, S65570, rectal biopsies; S56329) and is compliant with all relevant ethical regulations regarding research involving human participants. All animal experiments were approved by the KU Leuven Ethical Committee for Animal Experimentation (P072/2024).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: All human participants provided written informed consent for use of their data for publication after study information was given.
: The authors declare no competing financial interests.