Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31501152)
Hunan Provincial Health and Life Program Research Project (B2017042)
Article History
Received: 23 July 2017
Revised: 12 February 2018
Accepted: 26 February 2018
First Online: 27 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All animal experiments in this study were carried out according to animal welfare guidelines and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of Changsha Medical University (approval no. 2016018) (Changsha, China).
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