Cabrera, Francisco
Ortega, Mayra
Velarde, Francesca
Parra, Eliseo
Gallardo, Stephany
Barba, Diego
Soto, Lina
Peña, Gabriela
Pedroza, Luis Alberto
Jorgensen, Christian
Khoury, Maroun
Caicedo, Andrés http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8821-0333
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universidad San Francisco de Quito (HUBI 5501)
USFQ Veterinary Medicine School Grants for Research (3281)
USFQ Veterinary Medicine School Grants for Research (10098)
Sistemas Médicos USFQ (Research and Development Department)
Article History
Received: 14 November 2018
Accepted: 14 June 2019
First Online: 28 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Blood was collected from healthy female and male donors between 20 and 30 years old, each of whom provided written informed consent in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations for mitochondria studies approved by the Bioethics Committee (the Institutional Review Board) of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (study code: 2017-026IN).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.