Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Youth Funds of China (81601955)
Article History
Received: 24 June 2018
Revised: 28 December 2018
Accepted: 9 February 2019
First Online: 13 February 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: This study was carried out in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. The protocol was approved by the Committee of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University (Permit Number: 2016-20). All surgery was performed under sodium pentobarbital anesthesia, and all efforts were made to minimize suffering.
: All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this article.