Wang, Bao-Dong
Yu, Xiao-Jun
Hou, Ji-Chun
Fu, Bo
Zheng, Hao
Liu, Qi-Kun
Wang, Shan-Xi
Bi, Zheng-Gang http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9980-2545
Cao, Yang http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3695-3992
Article History
Received: 16 June 2021
Revised: 14 January 2022
Accepted: 26 January 2022
First Online: 28 March 2022
Conflict of interest
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The current study was performed with the approval of the Research Ethics Committee of The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University and performed in strict accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants signed informed consent documentation. Animal experiments were approved by the Institutional Review Board of The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University and performed according 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 animals used during the study.