Kröber, Antje
Etzrodt, Sandra
Bach, Maria
Monod, Michel
Kniemeyer, Olaf
Staib, Peter
Brakhage, Axel A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (GSC 214)
Article History
Received: 24 February 2016
Revised: 11 April 2016
Accepted: 26 April 2016
First Online: 11 May 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The study did not include any diagnostic procedure or therapeutic method. Furthermore, the sample collection was non-invasive (the physical integrity of the donor was maintained) and did not intrude into the privacy of the donor. Based on the regulations of the ethics commission at the Jena University Hospital, Jena (Germany), an approval of the study was not necessary in this case.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
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