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 (CitationRef removed) and AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals (CitationRef removed).
: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests.