Melendez, Roberto I.
Roman, Cristina
Capo-Velez, Coral M.
Lasalde-Dominicci, Jose A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (U54N54301)
National Institutes of Health (2R25GM061151)
National Institutes of Health (1P20GM103642)
Article History
Received: 8 May 2015
Revised: 27 October 2015
Accepted: 30 October 2015
First Online: 13 November 2015
Compliance with ethical standards
: All protocols were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at the UPR-SOM and in accordance with the National Institutes of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals () and AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals ().
: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests.