Chen, Kai
Hou, Yifu
Liao, Rui
Li, Youzan
Yang, Hongji http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5696-2183
Gong, Jun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8797-0880
Article History
Received: 11 June 2020
Revised: 17 December 2020
Accepted: 20 January 2021
First Online: 6 April 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Study protocols were approved by the Ethics Committee of Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital and conducted in compliance with the ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects described in the <i>Declaration of Helsinki</i>. Written, informed consent was obtained from all patients or their relatives prior to entering the study and all patient-specific data are kept confidential. Animal experiments were approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital and performed according to the Guide for the Ethical Care and Use of Laboratory Animals published by the US National Institutes of Health. Extensive efforts were made to ensure animals were subjected to the minimum amount of suffering possible.