Dunne, Orla M.
Martin, S. Lorraine
Sergeant, Gerard P.
McAuley, Daniel F.
O’Kane, Cecilia M.
Button, Brian
McGarvey, Lorcan P.
Lundy, Fionnuala T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Borders and Regions Airways Training Hub project funded by the European Union (EU), under the INTERREG VA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body. (BREATH; INT-VA/045, BREATH; INT-VA/045, BREATH; INT-VA/045, BREATH; INT-VA/045)
Article History
Received: 4 November 2023
Accepted: 4 April 2024
First Online: 27 April 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: PBECs were established from individuals undergoing routine bronchoscopy with ethical approval from the NHS Health Research Authority, East of England - Cambridge East Research Ethics Committee (REF 18/EE/0048) or from ex-vivo human lung tissue with ethical approval by UK Research Ethics Committee (REF 14/LO/0250). Human lung tissue was obtained with ethical approval from the International Institute for the Advancement of Medicine and the QUB School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Science Research Ethics Committee (REF 14/08). All work was performed in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki.
: This study was not a clinical trial.
: Not applicable.