Mallis, Panagiotis https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9429-190X
Katsimpoulas, Michalis
Kostakis, Alkiviadis
Dipresa, Daniele
Korossis, Sotiris
Papapanagiotou, Aggeliki
Kassi, Eva
Stavropoulos-Giokas, Catherine
Michalopoulos, Efstathios
Article History
Received: 29 November 2019
Revised: 20 January 2020
Accepted: 28 January 2020
First Online: 13 March 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare no conflict of interest for this study.
: The study protocol involved the use of human umbilical cords. All human umbilical cords were accompanied by informed consent signed by the mothers before the delivery. The informed consent was in accordance with the ethical standards of Greek National Ethical Committee and accepted by the ethical board of Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens (Ref 2578/32). The animal studies were in accordance to the Greek National Ethical Committee and approved by our Institution’s ethical board (No 5959). All care and handling of the animals were provided according to the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of BRFAA, conformed to the Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament.