Atyeo, N http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1157-108X
Perez, P
Matuck, B
Byrd, KM
Warner, BM http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4961-018X
Article History
Accepted: 31 January 2024
First Online: 21 February 2024
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: For the images shown in Fig. , subject’s biopsies were obtained under NIH IRB-approved protocol: 15-D-0051-<i>Characterization of Diseases With Salivary Gland Involvement</i> [PI-Warner, NCT02327884]. For the images shown in Fig. , samples were obtained as part of the NIH COVID-19 Autopsy Consortium. For the images shown in Fig. , subject’s biopsies were obtained under NIH IRB-approved protocol NCT04348240: <i>Transmissibility and Viral Load of SARS-CoV-2 Through Oral</i> Secretions (PI-Warner). The NIH single institutional review board (IRB) conducts ethical reviews for human research studies as required by Department of Health and Human Services regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects. All patients seen at the author’s (B.M.W.) institute (NIH/NIDCR) reported herein provided informed consent prior to participation in IRB-approved research protocols (NIH IRB: 20-D-0094, NCT04348240; NIH IRB: 15-D-0051, NCT02327884). In autopsy tissues, consent for autopsies (reported previously in Huang & Perez, et al., 2021) of COVID-19 victims was coordinated by the NIH COVID-19 Autopsy Consortium and obtained from family members. Autopsies were performed in the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Laboratory of Pathology, and tissues were recovered per family wishes for histopathological and other downstream analyses.