Xu, Ting https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0567-8385
Wu, Kun
Shi, Jin
Ji, Lindong
Song, Xudong
Tao, Guoquan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-0329
Zheng, Shutao
Zhang, Li
Jiang, Baofei https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6187-8891
Article History
Received: 23 July 2021
Revised: 22 December 2021
Accepted: 11 January 2022
First Online: 25 April 2022
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The current study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of The Affiliated Huai’an No.1 People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. All patients provided signed informed consent prior to participation in the study. The animal experiments were performed following the ARRIVE guidelines. Appropriate measures were undertaken to minimize the numbers and suffering of experimental animals.