Iser, Isabele Cristiana
Beckenkamp, Liziane Raquel
Azambuja, Juliana Hofstatter
Rahmeier, Francine Luciano
Bracco, Paula Andreghetto
Bertoni, Ana Paula Santin
de Cássia Sant’Anna Alves, Rita
Braganhol, Elizandra
Xavier, Léder Leal
da Cruz Fernandes, Marilda
Lenz, Guido
Wink, Márcia Rosângela
Funding for this research was provided by:
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (MS-SCTIE-Decit/CNPq nº 12/2018 (441575/2018-8), MS-SCTIE-DECIT-DGITIS-CGCIS/CNPq nº 26/2020 (442586/2020-5))
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS/CAPES 06/2018 - Programa de Internacionalização da pós-graduação no RS (19/2551-0000679-9))
Article History
Accepted: 25 July 2021
First Online: 17 August 2021
Declarations
:
: The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
: The protocols used in this study were approved by the Ethics Committee on Animal Use (CEUA) of Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), under the number <b>104/11</b>, following the resolutions of the CONCEA (Conselho Nacional de Controle de Experimentação Animal). The NIH ‘‘Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals’’ (NIH publication nº 80–23, revised 1996) was followed in all experiments. The surgeries were performed with all efforts to minimize the animals suffering.
: The authors are alone responsible for the content and writing of the paper. All authors reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript.