Guo, Suqin
Zhang, Wei
He, Lishan
Tan, Guiyu
Min, Myo
Kyaw, Myat Phone
Wang, Baomin
Cui, Liwang
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U19AI089672)
Article History
Received: 30 November 2015
Revised: 14 January 2016
Accepted: 25 January 2016
First Online: 12 February 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Female Balb/c mice were purchased from the Laboratory Animal Center of the Institute of Genetics (Beijing, China). This study was performed strictly according to the standards described in the “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals” (National Research Council Commission on Life Sciences, 1996 edition). All animal treatment procedures were approved by the Animal Care Committee of China Agricultural University (CAU), and all efforts were made to minimize suffering. Mice were housed under controlled temperature (22 ± 2 °C) and lighting (12 h light/12 h darkness) with food and water ad libitum in air-conditioned rooms. All experimental mice were killed by cervical dislocation.