Bonavia, Anthony
Miller, Lauren
Kellum, John A.
Singbartl, Kai
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (5K08GM081459-03)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (5R01DK070910)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (5R01HL080926)
Article History
Received: 22 May 2017
Accepted: 24 July 2017
First Online: 4 August 2017
Competing interests
: JAK and KS previously received lecture fees and research funding from Cytosorbent Corporation. All other authors state no competing interests regarding the topics of the present study.
: The experimental protocol was approved by the ethics committee of the University of Pittsburgh. Written informed consent was obtained from each participant or next of kin prior to sampling in agreement with the recommendations of the Declaration of Helsinki for investigations involving human subjects.
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