Gao, Shegan http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7891-9349
Liu, Yiwen
Duan, Xiaoxian
Liu, Ke
Mohammed, Muddasir
Gu, Zhen
Ren, Junling
Yakoumatos, Lan
Yuan, Xiang
Lu, Lanhai
Liang, Shuang
Li, Jiong
Scott, David A.
Lamont, Richard J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3147-5039
Zhou, Fuyou http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3625-9201
Wang, Huizhi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7692-2106
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science Foundation of China | National Natural Science Foundation of China-Yunnan Joint Fund (GS 81472234, GS 81472234, GS 81472234, GS 81472234, GS 81472234)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (DE 026727, DE 0Lamont26727, DE 026727, DE 026727, DE 026Lamont727, DE 026727, DE 026727, DE 026727, DE 026727)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Article History
Received: 8 October 2020
Revised: 30 March 2021
Accepted: 22 April 2021
First Online: 12 May 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Tissue samples and clinicopathological data were obtained from The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology and Anyang People’s Hospital. The research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Henan University of Science and Technology and was performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Written informed consent from each patient was achieved. All animal experiments were authorised through the Animal Care and Use Committee of Henan University of Science and Technology (HAUST). All animal experiments were conducted in accordance with the Guidelines for Animal Health and Use of Henan University of Science and Technology (HAUST).
: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This research was supported by grants DE026727 (H.W.), DE017921, DE011111 (R.J.L.), and DE017680 (D.A.S.) from National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, USA, and by the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, GS 81472234), and Key Programs of Science and Technology of Henan Province (KPST-HN, GS 161100311200).