Polte, Christine
Wedemeyer, Daniel
Oliver, Kathryn E.
Wagner, Johannes
Bijvelds, Marcel J. C.
Mahoney, John
de Jonge, Hugo R.
Sorscher, Eric J.
Ignatova, Zoya
Article History
First Online: 16 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Pulmonary tissues from lung biopsies were provided by Dr. Raymond Frizzell and the Health Sciences Tissue Bank (HSTB). HSTB is covered by the University of Pittsburgh IRB approval #0506140. For rectal biopsies, study approval was obtained by the Ethics Committee of the Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, and informed consent obtained from all participating subjects. Organoids were generated from rectal biopsies after they were used for intestinal current measurements; biopsies were performed for (i) standard care, (ii) voluntary participation in studies, or (iii) diagnosis.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.