Miller, Zoey A.
Muthuswami, Sahil
Mueller, Arielle
Ma, Ray Z.
Sywanycz, Sarah M.
Naik, Anusha
Huang, Lily
Brody, Robert M.
Diab, Ahmed
Carey, Ryan M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0186-2265
Lee, Robert J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5826-6686
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI167971)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (R21DC020041)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM008076)
Blavatnik Family Foundation (Fellowship in Biomedical Research)
University of Pennsylvania McCabe Foundation Fellowship Grant
Article History
Received: 27 March 2024
Revised: 12 July 2024
Accepted: 17 July 2024
First Online: 25 July 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the University of Pennsylvania Institutional Review Board (IRB protocol #417200). Written, informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their participation. Tissue acquisition followed the University of Pennsylvania Human Research Protection Program guidelines for the use of residual clinical material in accordance with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services code of federal regulation Title 45 CFR 46.116. All research involving human tissue was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.