Machuki, Jeremiah Ong’achwa
Zhang, Hong-Yuan
Geng, Juan
Fu, Lu
Adzika, Gabriel Komla
Wu, Lijuan
Shang, Wenkang
Wu, Jinxia
Kexue, Li
Zhao, Zhiwei
Sun, Hong https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2135-3107
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81370329)
Major International Joint Research Programme (No.81461138036)
Graduate student innovation project in Jiangsu province (KYCX17-1712)
Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD).
Article History
Received: 14 November 2018
Accepted: 27 March 2019
First Online: 15 April 2019
Ethics approval
: All animal procedures complied with the Animal Ethics Committee of Xuzhou Medical University (China) (permit number xz11–12540) and with the Guideline for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals published by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH Publication, 8th Edition, 2011).
: Not applicable.
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