Ho, Shu-Yi
Chang, Bo-Hau
Chung, Chen-Han
Lin, Yu-Ling
Chuang, Cheng-Hsun
Hsieh, Pei-Jung
Huang, Wei-Chih
Tsai, Nu-Man
Huang, Sheng-Chieh
Liu, Yen-Ku
Lo, Yu-Chih
Liao, Kuang-Wen http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2131-3666
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 103-2320-B-009-008)
Top University Program of the National Chiao Tung University and Ministry of Education (104W970)
Top University Program of the National Chiao Tung University and Ministry of Education (105W970)
Article History
Received: 20 November 2017
Accepted: 22 April 2018
First Online: 27 April 2018
Ethics approval
: In this study, research using cell lines does not require ethical review either under the Human Tissue Act or NHS research governance systems.All experiments with animals were performed in accordance with and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at National Chiao Tung University (NCTU-IACUC-104034). The mice were sacrificed by CO2asphyxiation and the CO2flow was maintained more than 1 min after respiratory arrest. The euthanasia protocol followed as the suggestion in “AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2013 Edition”, and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at National Chiao Tung University (NCTU-IACUC-104034).In this study, the administrative permission was not required in any database.
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