Mahavadi, Poornima
Korfei, Martina
Müller-Ruttloff, Christin
Ruppert, Clemens
Krauss, Ekaterina
Dorfmüller, Peter
Gattenloehner, Stefan
Dimmeler, Stefanie
El Agha, Elie
Bellusci, Saverio
Herold, Susanne
Witte, Biruta
Ziebuhr, John
Guenther, Andreas
Funding for this research was provided by:
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Article History
Received: 15 May 2025
Accepted: 15 December 2025
First Online: 13 January 2026
Declarations
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: All human lung material were collected and provided by the European IPF registry (eurIPFreg) and the UGMLC Giessen Biobank (member of the DZL-Platform Biobanking). Informed consent was obtained and the study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Justus Liebig University Giessen (No. 111/08 and 58/15).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.