Xu, Shengjie
Schwab, Anthony
Karmacharya, Nikhil
Cao, Gaoyuan
Woo, Joanna
Kim, Nicholas
An, Steven S.
Panettieri Jr, Reynold A.
Jude, Joseph A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (P01HL114471)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1TR003017)
Article History
Received: 4 September 2020
Accepted: 22 November 2020
First Online: 30 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The human lung tissue was commercially obtained from the National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI) and the International Institute for the Advancement of Medicine (IIAM), from anonymous donors according to the procedures approved by the Rutgers University Institutional Review Board. The human tissue therefore is exempt from requiring IRB approval. HASM cell lines were only derived from the tissue procured from NDRI and IIAM.
: Not applicable.
: All authors declare no competing interests.