Pala, Kaaj
Sun, Kevin Xueying
Krogvold, Lars
Dahl-Jørgensen, Knut
Reddy, Shiva
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Maurice Phyllis Paykel Trust of New Zealand (9102 3727459, 9102 3727459, 9102 3727459, 9102 3727459)
the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013, FP7/2007-2013, FP7/2007-2013)
South Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority
University of Auckland
Article History
Received: 1 November 2024
Accepted: 30 January 2025
First Online: 10 March 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for conducting this study was granted by the New Zealand Ministry of Health and Disability Ethics Committee (Ethics reference: 2023 PR 2121). Harbin Medical University (China), Auckland Tissue Bank and the Department of Anatomy of this faculty provided control tissue sections from the breast, liver and lung and were also covered by the above New Zealand ethics committee approval. Approval for biopsy procurement from new-onset type 1 diabetes donors was granted by the Norwegian Government’s Regional Ethics Committee following informed consent. Ethical approval for the analysis of pancreatic sections from deceased nPOD donors was granted to nPOD. Ethical approval for the analysis of sections from post-mortem pancreas for EADB () was granted by the West of Scotland Research Committee 4 ((WoSREC4; 15//WS/0258) to Professors S Richardson and N Morgan, University of Exeter. Therefore, all procedures performed involving human tissue donors were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent for donation and analysis of pancreatic biopsies from DiViD donors was obtained by the DiViD Study Group from the Norwegian Government’s Regional Ethics Committee.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The content and views expressed in this publication are the responsibility of the authors and do not reflect an official view of nPOD, DiViD and EADB.