Yang, Xiao-Dong
Kong, Fan-En
Qi, Ling
Lin, Jia-Xin
Yan, Qian
Loong, Jane Ho Chun
Xi, Shao-Yan
Zhao, Yue
Zhang, Yan
Yuan, Yun-Fei
Ma, Ning-Fang
Ma, Stephanie
Guan, Xin-Yuan
Liu, Ming http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3222-8715
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81702400)
Article History
Received: 12 October 2020
Accepted: 15 January 2021
First Online: 23 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All the animal experiments were approved by the review board of the University of Hong Kong. Studies using human tissues were reviewed and approved by the Committees for Ethical Review of Research involving Human Subjects of Sun Yat-Sen University and University of Hong Kong. The studies were conducted in accordance with International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects (CIOMS). All patients gave written informed consent for the use of their clinical specimens for medical research.
: Written informed consent for publication was obtained from the patients. All authors have agreed to publish this manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing financial interests.