Kuehm, Lindsey M.
Wolf, Kyle
Zahour, John
DiPaolo, Richard J.
Teague, Ryan M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital (P30 CA091842)
Article History
Received: 23 August 2018
Accepted: 11 May 2019
First Online: 18 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All mice were maintained under specific pathogen-free conditions and used in accordance with protocols established by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Department of Comparative Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine. All work with mice was performed according to protocol #2437 approved by the Animal Care and Use Program at Saint Louis University (Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare Assurance number D16-00141) which is fully accredited by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALACI).
: Tbet<sup>ZsG</sup> original breeder mice were obtained from Taconic Farms, and the FIR mice were a gift from Daniel Hawiger’s laboratory (Saint Louis University).
: The B16-F0 cell line was obtained commercially from and authenticated by American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) (Cat# CRL-6322). The cell line was free of mycoplasma, and correct morphology was confirmed by microscopy.