Chen, Xiaojiao
Zhang, Man
Wang, Mian
Tan, Guiyu
Zhang, Mingcai
Hou, Yu Xia
Wang, Baomin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4235-198X
Li, Zhaohu
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31471434)
Article History
Received: 12 September 2018
Accepted: 10 December 2018
First Online: 18 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Female Balb/c mice and male New Zealand rabbits were purchased from the Laboratory Animal Center of the Institute of Genetics (Beijing, China). This study was performed in strict accordance with the standards described in the ‘Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals’ (National Research Council Commission on Life Sciences, 1996 edition). All animal treatment procedures were approved by the Animal Care Committee of China Agricultural University (CAU), and all efforts were made to minimize suffering. The mice and rabbits were housed under controlled temperature (22 ± 2 °C) and lighting (12 h light/12 h darkness) with food and water provided ad libitum in air-conditioned rooms. All experimental mice were killed by cervical dislocation, and the rabbits were killed by euthanasia.
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