Rajput, Charu
Ganjian, Haleh
Muruganandam, Ganesh
Weyer, Kathrin
Dannenmaier, Julia
Seilheimer, Bernd
Sajjan, Umadevi
Funding for this research was provided by:
HEEL GmbH, Germany
Article History
Received: 7 May 2024
Accepted: 30 October 2024
First Online: 13 November 2024
Declarations
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: The collection of trachea and nasal brushings and use of airway basal cells was approved by Institutional Review Board, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (4407) and University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI (HUM00052806). The donors had written consents to use their lungs for research if the lungs were rejected for transplantation. All the experiments with animals were approved by Institutional Animal Care and User Committee, Temple University (Protocol # 4904).
: The donors provided written consent to publish the results if the donated lungs are used in research. All authors consented to publish the results.
: KW, JD and BS were employed by Heel GmbH. The funders were involved in the design of the study, in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to publish the results, but did not have any influence on the outcome of the study.