Pillalamarri, N.R.
Patnaik, S.S.
Piskin, S.
Gueldner, P.
Finol, E.A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0811-9482
Article History
Received: 3 February 2020
Accepted: 22 October 2020
First Online: 7 January 2021
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: Research funding was provided in part by National Institutes of Health award No. R01HL121293 and American Heart Association award No. 16CSA28480006. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association. The authors have no other conflicts of interest to disclose. This research involved animal tissue specimens, but not actual animal subjects. The UTSA Institutional Biosafety Committee approved the protocol for acquisition and use of the specimens. No human participants were used in this study; hence, no informed consent was required.