Zhong, Chuanhong
Tao, Bei
Li, Xianglong
Xiang, Wei
Peng, Lilei
Peng, Tangming
Chen, Ligang
Xia, Xiangguo
You, Jian http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1461-640X
Yang, Xiaobo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6151-9784
Article History
Received: 18 May 2021
Revised: 23 November 2021
Accepted: 10 December 2021
First Online: 18 February 2022
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The current study was performed with the approval of the Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University (Luzhou, Sichuan, China) and performed in strict accordance with the <i>Declaration of Helsinki</i>. All participants signed informed consent documentation. Animal experiments were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University and performed in strict accordance to the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals published by the US National Institutes of Health. Extensive efforts were made to ensure minimal suffering of the included animals.