Chen, Yuanfeng
Zhang, Dan
Ho, Ki Wai
Lin, Sien
Suen, Wade Chun-Wai
Zhang, Huantian
Zha, Zhengang
Li, Gang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3981-2239
Leung, Po Sing
Article History
Received: 25 December 2017
Accepted: 4 July 2018
First Online: 3 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The animal study in this research was approved by the Animal Experimental Ethics Committee of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (ref. 13/044/GRF-5 and 13/044/GRF-5). The clinical specimen study was approved by the Joint Chinese University of Hong Kong-New Territories East Cluster Clinical Research Ethics Committee (ethical approval code CRE-2013.248) or the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine Clinical Research Ethics Committee (ethical approval code YJ-2015.034), and informed consent was obtained from each donor.
: Not applicable.
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