Rieg, Annette D. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7043-5494
Bünting, Nina A.
Cranen, Christian
Suleiman, Said
Spillner, Jan W.
Schnöring, Heike
Schröder, Thomas
von Stillfried, Saskia
Braunschweig, Till
Manley, Paul W.
Schälte, Gereon
Rossaint, Rolf
Uhlig, Stefan
Martin, Christian
Funding for this research was provided by:
RWTH Aachen University (109/14 (691440))
Article History
Received: 20 October 2018
Accepted: 16 May 2019
First Online: 6 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Female BALB/c mice (20 ± 3 g) were obtained from Charles River (Sulzfeld, Germany). All animal studies were approved by the Landesamt für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz Nordrhein-Westfalen (ID: 8.87–51.05.20.10.245 and 84–02.04.2013A146) and performed after the Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament. Human lung tissue was obtained from patients undergoing lobectomy due to cancer. The study was performed according to the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the local ethics committee (EK 61/09). All patients gave written informed consent.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.