Wang, Chong-Zhi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0950-2109
Wan, Chunping
Luo, Yun
Zhang, Chun-Feng
Zhang, Qi-Hui
Chen, Lina
Liu, Zhi
Wang, Daniel H.
Lager, Mallory
Li, Cang-Hai
Jiang, Ting-Liang
Hou, Lifei
Yuan, Chun-Su
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (AT004418, AT005362)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (5P30DK042086)
Article History
Received: 27 July 2021
Accepted: 9 December 2021
First Online: 18 January 2022
Declarations
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: The authors declare that there are no conflict of interest.
: All procedures for experimental protocols of the present study involving animals and cells were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institution of practice at which the studies were conducted. The need for ethics approval for human fecal-related study was waived by the local medical ethics committee and is deemed unnecessary according to local guidelines. It did not pertain to any (clinical/biological) investigation of any human tissue at any level. Verbal and written consent was obtained from all participants. Ethics approval was not required by the local medical ethics committee, as it was deemed unnecessary according to the committee’s requirements.
: All authors have agreed to participate in the manuscript.
: All authors have agreed to publish the manuscript.