Ke, Fan
Kuang, Wenlong
Hu, Xiajun
Li, Chang
Ma, Wenrui
Shi, Dingyang
Li, Xin
Wu, Zhijie
Zhou, Yanzhao
Liao, Yuhua
Qiu, Zhihua
Zhou, Zihua
Article History
Received: 6 October 2022
Revised: 24 February 2023
Accepted: 28 February 2023
First Online: 30 March 2023
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was strictly performed according to the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Science & Technology Department of Hubei Province, China, 2005). The protocol was approved by Animal Care and Use Committee of Hubei Province (Nos. 110324211101061211, 42010200003531, 110011211112453856 and 42010200007174). The animals were fed in a specific pathogen-free animal housing facility with 22 °C ± 2 °C temperature, 60% ±5% relative humidity and a 12:12 light: dark cycle. Sterile water and rodent chow were available ad libitum. Every effort was made to minimize animal pain, suffering and distress and to reduce the numbers of animals used. All surgeries were performed under sodium pentobarbital anesthesia.