Article History
Received: 13 December 2021
Accepted: 5 May 2022
First Online: 16 May 2022
Declarations
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: Animal experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Care Committee of the Laboratory Animal at Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province, China. Forty-two six-month-old male Sprague-Dawley rats (<i>n</i> = 42, weight [mean ± standard deviation]: 435 ± 15 g, from Laboratory Animal Center, Nanjing Medical University) were used. We confirm the study was carried out in compliance with the ARRIVE guidelines. And all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose in relation to this article.