Li, Fangfang
Zhang, Hao
Yang, Lu
Yong, Hui
Qin, Qingqing
Tan, Mengtong
Xu, Luhong
Liang, Kai
Zong, Jing
Qian, Wenhao
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20160231, BK20140226)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81400178)
Article History
Received: 21 June 2018
Revised: 16 August 2018
Accepted: 22 August 2018
First Online: 29 August 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: Written informed consent was obtained from the families of the prospective heart donors. This study complied with the protocol approved by the First Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University Human Research Ethics Committee, and samples were collected after informed consent. All of the animal care and experimental procedures conformed to the Guidelines for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, published by the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH Publication, revised 2011) and the institutional guidelines of the Animal Care and Use Committee of Xuzhou Medical University (Xuzhou, China; Approval number JSXZ-2016-1005-001; Approval data 05/10/2016). NLRP3 knockout (KO) mice (Stock No. 000664) were purchased from the Jackson Laboratory through the Model Animal Research Center of Nanjing University.
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.