Thankam, Finosh G. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7285-9808
Larsen, Nicholas K.
Varghese, Ann
Bui, Thao-Nguyen
Reilly, Matthew
Fitzgibbons, Robert J.
Agrawal, Devendra K. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5445-0013
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (R01HL147662, R01HL144125)
Article History
Received: 28 February 2021
Accepted: 16 April 2021
First Online: 4 May 2021
Declarations
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: The authors report no proprietary or commercial interest in any product mentioned or concept discussed in this article. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
: Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Creighton University approved the study under the IRB protocol (2nd May 2018 to 2nd April 2019) of Robert J. Fitzgibbons, MD, a co-author of this article.
: Patients ≥ 19 years of age, of either sex, who were undergoing repair of their incisional hernia were recruited in the study and informed consents and HIPPA forms were obtained and saved in the office of Robert J. Fitzgibbons, MD. The de-identified tissues were sent to the laboratory for further experiments.
: There is no identifiable images or other personal or clinical details of study participants in the data presented. As the corresponding authors, I verify that all authors significantly contributed to various aspect of the study, have read the manuscript and consented to submit for publication in the <i>Molecular and cellular biochemistry.</i>