MacCalman, Ailsa
De Franco, Elisa
Franklin, Alice
Flaxman, Christine S.
Richardson, Sarah J.
Murrall, Kathryn
Burrage, Joe
Walker, Emma M.
Morgan, Noel G.
Hattersley, Andrew T.
Dempster, Emma L.
Hannon, Eilis
Jeffries, Aaron R.
Owens, Nick D. L.
Mill, Jonathan
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Article History
Received: 7 February 2024
Accepted: 24 May 2024
First Online: 3 June 2024
Declarations
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: Human fetal tissues were obtained from the Human Developmental Biology Resource (HDBR). These samples were collected with appropriate maternal written informed consent and approval from the Newcastle and North Tyneside (Newcastle University) and London—Fulham (UCL) Research NHS Health Authority Joint Ethics Committees. HDBR is regulated by the UK Human Tissue Authority (HTA; ) and operates in accordance with the relevant HTA Codes of Practice. Human adult pancreatic tissue (<i>n</i> = 23) was acquired from the Barts Pancreas Tissue Bank at Queen Mary’s University London () with full approval from the Research Ethics Committee (REC) (references 13/SC/0592, 18/SC/0630 and 23/SC/0324).All samples used in this study were collected from the Barts Pancreas Tissue Bank, with written informed consent from patients recruited at Barts Health NHS Trust (BHNT). Pancreas samples were taken for surgical biopsy for pancreatic tumors, and only samples with no malignancies or cellular abnormalities were selected for this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.