Ayala, Pedro
Vivar, Raúl
Montalva, Rebeca
Olmos, Pablo
Meneses, Manuel
Borzone, Gisella R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (1120943, 11140913)
Article History
Received: 5 June 2018
Accepted: 23 August 2018
First Online: 31 August 2018
Ethics approval
: The study was performed according to a protocol submitted to and approved by the Animal Research Ethics Committee of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (protocol number: CEBA UC: 14–056).Human BALF samples (n = 12) were obtained from an anonymous sample bank that maintains samples previously used for routine clinical evaluation obtained with informed consent. The Research Ethics Committee of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile approved publication of the results of these samples.
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