Zhu, Changyu
Jiang, Xiaolei
Xiao, Hua
Guan, Jianmei
Article History
Received: 8 July 2021
Revised: 25 November 2021
Accepted: 10 December 2021
First Online: 10 January 2022
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Experiment protocols involving human beings were ratified and granted by the Sichuan Academy of Medical Science & Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital and conformed to the Declaration of Helsinki. Signed informed consents were obtained from all participants or their guardians prior to specimen collection. Animal experiments were approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of the Sichuan Academy of Medical Science & Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital based on the animal ethics standards expressed in the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals published by the US National Institutes of Health. Extensive measures were undertaken to minimize the number and suffering of the included animals.