Ojala, Jacqueline
Tooke, Katharine
Hsiang, Harrison
Girard, Beatrice M.
May, Victor
Vizzard, Margaret A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8360-8614
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK051369, DK060481)
Article History
Received: 18 March 2018
Accepted: 13 September 2018
First Online: 27 September 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The studies described from the Vizzard laboratory were performed in accordance with institutional and national guidelines and regulations. The University of Vermont Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee approved all experimental protocols involving animal use. Animal care was under the supervision of the University of Vermont’s Office of Animal Care Management in accordance with the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) and National Institutes of Health guidelines. All efforts were made to minimize the potential for animal pain, stress, or distress.
: The authors declare that the research described from the Vizzard laboratory were conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The funding entity, NIH, had no role in the studies described including: design, data collection, and analysis of studies performed in the Vizzard laboratory, decision to publish, or preparation of the review. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIH.