Vandenhoeck, Janah http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2358-8671
Neefs, Isabelle http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8500-389X
Vanpoucke, Thomas
Ibrahim, Joe
Suls, Arvid
Peeters, Dieter
Schepers, Anne
Hoischen, Alexander
Fransen, Erik
Peeters, Marc
Van Camp, Guy
Op de Beeck, Ken
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universiteit Antwerpen (BOF/TOP 39705, IOF/SBO 43782, BOF/Methusalem grant 40790, BOF/TOP 39705, IOF/SBO 43782)
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (IS67523N, 11B5220N)
Article History
Received: 12 February 2024
Revised: 19 July 2024
Accepted: 24 July 2024
First Online: 24 August 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with Good Clinical Practice guidelines and the Declaration of Helsinki. Fresh frozen tissue samples used in this study were previously collected in the Biobank of the Antwerp University Hospital and retrospectively used in this study. According to Article 20 of the Belgian Law on the procurement and use of human corporal material intended for human application or scientific research of 19 December 2008, patients provide consent for the use of their bodily material in research when consenting to an invasive procedure. As such, no additional consent was needed for the use of these retrospective samples. For prospectively collected blood samples, informed consent was given by each subject. The study protocol and any modifications thereof were approved by the UZA ethical committee (Ref. N°20/02/056 and Ref. N°41/14/426) before experimental analyses were performed.