Mathyssen, Carolien
Aelbrecht, Celine
Serré, Jef
Everaerts, Stephanie
Maes, Karen
Gayan-Ramirez, Ghislaine
Vanaudenaerde, Bart
Janssens, Wim https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1830-2982
Funding for this research was provided by:
Onderzoeksraad, KU Leuven (C24/15/030, C16/19/005)
AstraZeneca (-)
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (-, 11V9417N)
Article History
Received: 7 February 2020
Accepted: 24 May 2020
First Online: 3 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the University Hospital Ethics Committee (S7742 and S52174) and biobank board (S51577). Informed consent was obtained from all patients.
: All patients gave informed consent before transplantation for the collection and processing of the lungs.
: Wim Janssens is a senior researcher for FWO. This study was partly funded by AstraZeneca chair in Respiratory diseases. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.