Article History
Received: 18 February 2020
Accepted: 1 January 2021
First Online: 16 February 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that there are no competing interests.
: Animal experiments strictly abide by the relevant regulations of <i>Guidance on Treating Experimental Animals</i> released by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, as well as the <i>Guidelines for the Protection and Use of Laboratory Animals</i> released by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the USA. Significant efforts were made to minimize both the number of animals used and their pain and suffering.