Wang, Yuejun
Liu, Yunsong
Zhang, Min
Lv, Longwei
Zhang, Xiao
Zhang, Ping https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8651-2100
Zhou, Yongsheng
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81570953)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81500822)
the Project for Culturing Leading Talents in Scientific and Technological Innovation of Beijing (Z171100001117169)
the PKU School of Stomatology for Talented Young Investigators (PKUSS20140109)
the Construction Program for National Key Clinical Specialty from National Health and Family Planning Commission of China (2011)
Article History
Received: 19 September 2017
Revised: 25 January 2018
Accepted: 20 February 2018
First Online: 9 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was carried out in strict accordance with the recommendations of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. The protocol was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Peking University Health Science Center (approval no. LA2014233). All surgeries were performed under anesthesia, and all efforts were made to minimize animal suffering.
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