Medzikovic, Lejla
Ruffenach, Grégoire
Dehghanitafti, Ateyeh
Wong, Brenda
Ryder, Ashley
Hatamnejad, Mohammad Reza
Sun, Wasila
Esdin, Leana
Eghbali, Joshua
Brownstein, Adam
Razee, Asif
Umar, Soban
Hong, Jason
Eghbali, Mansoureh
Funding for this research was provided by:
American Heart Association (24CDA1263497)
national insitutes of health (K08HL169982)
National Institutes of Health (R01HL159865)
Article History
Received: 29 September 2025
Accepted: 5 February 2026
First Online: 1 March 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Human lung and plasma samples were previously collected by the PHBI and UCLA. Informed consent was given with approval by the local ethics committees. The UCLA Chancellor’s Animal Research Committee approved all animal procedures (protocol #ARC-2010-045) which are according to current NIH guidelines.