Deng, Rui
Zhang, Peng
Liu, Weizhen
Zeng, Xiangyu
Ma, Xianxiong
Shi, Liang
Wang, Tao
Yin, Yuping
Chang, Weilong
Zhang, Pei
Wang, Guobin
Tao, Kaixiong http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7723-6121
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Key Basic Research Program of China (2015CB5540007)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81572413)
the Foundation of Independent Innovation Fund of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2017KFYXJJ230)
the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (2016CFA100, 2017CFB179)
Article History
Received: 25 May 2018
Accepted: 21 November 2018
First Online: 11 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All participating individuals were informed of the study and provided their written consent. The study protocols were approved by the Ethics Committees of Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. All animal experiments were performed in accordance with the National Institutes of Health Guidelines for the Use of Laboratory Animals. Animal experimental protocols were approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of the Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
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