Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81801511, 31701102, 81702800, 81502438)
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2013CB945201)
Ministry of Education Science and technology research (213008A)
Ministry of Education fund innovation team (IRT 13101)
Foundation for Special Professor of Liaoning Province for Yue Zhao (the 5th batch)
Key Laboratory Grant of Education Department of Liaoning Province (LS201602)
Article History
Received: 16 December 2018
Accepted: 15 January 2019
First Online: 25 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The experimental design of genomic and expression studies was reviewed and approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of China Medical University (2018PS495K). Each participant provided written informed consent to be included in the study.
: Not applicable.
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