Cooper, Kendal G.
Chong, Audrey
Kari, Laszlo
Jeffrey, Brendan
Starr, Tregei
Martens, Craig
McClurg, Molly
Posada, Victoria R.
Laughlin, Richard C.
Whitfield-Cargile, Canaan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9743-8783
Garry Adams, L. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7246-1602
Bryan, Laura K. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0746-9461
Little, Sara V. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3908-593X
Krath, Mary http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2461-0682
Lawhon, Sara D.
Steele-Mortimer, Olivia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3744-4217
Funding for this research was provided by:
Division of Intramural Research, NIAID
Article History
Received: 15 September 2020
Accepted: 27 November 2020
First Online: 13 January 2021
Ethics statement
: All animal studies were carried out following the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 8th Edition (National Research Council), and the animal study protocols were approved by the Rocky Mountain Laboratories Animal Care and Use Committee (Protocol numbers 2016-035 and 2019-056). Bovine ligated ileal loop surgeries were approved by the Texas A&M University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (2017-0445). Animals were euthanized before the development of clinical disease at specified time points. Human blood donations were collected from volunteers by the Department for Transfusion Medicine, NIH, with signed informed consent, acknowledging that the donation would be used for research by NIH intramural investigators. Blood collection was approved by the NIH Institutional Review Board (Protocol 99-CC-0168). Samples were maintained and used anonymously.
: The authors declare no competing interests.