Meng, Li-Li
Wang, Jing-Long
Xu, Shu-Ping
Zu, Li-Dong
Yan, Zhao-Wen
Zhang, Jian-Bing
Han, Ya-Qin
Fu, Guo-Hui
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81372637)
National Basic Research Program of China (2013CB910903)
National Key Technology R&D Program of China (2014BAI09B03)
Key Projects in Shanghai Science and Technology Pillar Program for Biomedicine (14431904700)
Shanghai hospital development center emerging advanced technology joint research project (SHDC12014105)
Article History
Received: 15 October 2017
Accepted: 2 August 2018
First Online: 16 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: As we only tested the gastrin levels in the blood of the participants, our study had minimal risk for them and also no adverse effects on the rights and interests of the participants. We have explained the details sufficiently to all the participants and got their consents before the blood collection. Thus verbal consent was deemed sufficient and approved. Approval from Ethics Committee of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine was obtained after they reviewed the study protocol and purpose. All animal studies were approved and guided by Shanghai Jiao Tong University Medical Animal Ethics Committees (IACUC: A-2016-036).No cell lines included in this study required ethics approval for their use.
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