Gao, Yuan
Wang, Zhilei
Tang, Jinfa
Liu, Xiaoyi
Shi, Wei
Qin, Nan
Wang, Xiaoyan
Pang, Yu
Li, Ruisheng
Zhang, Yaming
Wang, Jiabo
Niu, Ming
Bai, Zhaofang
Xiao, Xiaohe
Article History
Received: 12 September 2018
Accepted: 27 December 2018
First Online: 28 March 2019
Compliance with ethics guidelines
: Yuan Gao, Zhilei Wang, Jinfa Tang, Xiaoyi Liu, Wei Shi, Nan Qin, Xiaoyan Wang, Yu Pang, Ruisheng Li, Yaming Zhang, Jiabo Wang, Ming Niu, Zhaofang Bai, and Xiaohe Xiao declare that they have no conflicts of interest to disclose. The study was approved by the Experimental Animal Center of the Fifth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing, China. All animal experiments complied with the animal welfare and ethics guidelines. Male Sprague–Dawley rats (180–220 g) were obtained from the Laboratory Animal Center of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences (License No. SCXK2012-004). All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Ethics Committee in the Fifth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital and the <i>Helsinki Declaration</i> of 1975.