Farrukh, Fatima
Davies, Elise
Berry, Martin
Logan, Ann
Ahmed, Zubair http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6267-6442
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Birmingham
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (G181986)
Article History
Received: 4 January 2019
Accepted: 13 March 2019
First Online: 28 March 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: All surgery was performed in strict accordance to the guidelines of both the UK Animals Scientific Procedures Act, 1986 and the Revised European Directive 1010/63/EU. Experiments were licenced by the UK Home Office and ethically approved by the University of Birmingham’s animal welfare and ethical review board. Experiments also conformed to the recommendations of the use of animals by the Federation of the European Laboratory Animal Science Associations.
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.