Liu, Dongying
Zhang, Haiyang
Ge, Shaohua
Lin, Dan
Han, Jiayi
Ying, Guoguang
Ba, Yi
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81772629, 81602158, 81602156, 81702275, 81802363, 81702431, 81702437, 81772843)
Article History
Received: 28 May 2019
Accepted: 4 July 2019
First Online: 14 August 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dongying Liu declares that he has no conflict of interest. Haiyang Zhang declares that he has no conflict of interest. Shaohua Ge declares that he has no conflict of interest. Dan Lin declares that he has no conflict of interest. Jiayi Han declares that he has no conflict of interest. Guoguang Ying declares that he has no conflict of interest. Yi Ba declares that he has no conflict of interest.
: All applicable international, national, or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. Animal experiments were approved by the Animal Research Committee of Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital and were performed in accordance with established guidelines. The use of human tissues was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, and patient informed consent was obtained. Samples were retrospectively acquired from the surgical pathology archives of Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.