Smith, L. Cody
Moreno, Santiago
Robertson, Lauren
Robinson, Sarah
Gant, Kristal
Bryant, Andrew J.
Sabo-Attwood, Tara http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1968-6802
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (R01HL114907, UL1TR001427)
Article History
Received: 4 May 2018
Accepted: 13 August 2018
First Online: 30 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The human lung tissue samples used in this study were a kind gift from Dr. Andrew Bryant. The deidentified, explanted lung tissue was obtained from subjects undergoing lung transplant for IPF and from lungs rejected for transplant from normal controls per the National Institutes of Health Lung Tissue Research Consortium (protocol no. 14-99-0011). The protocol for collection of lung tissue samples, and subsequent studies, were approved by the institutional review board at Vanderbilt University and the University of Florida (30).
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