Jiang, Rui
Liu, Qianqian
Zhu, Hui
Dai, Yong
Yao, Junzhong
Liu, Yazhou
Gong, Pei Pei
Shi, Wei
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81371367, 81471256)
Youth Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (81401013)
the Key Talents of Young Medicine in Jiangsu Province (QNRC2016696, QNRC2016692)
Article History
Received: 19 March 2018
Revised: 13 September 2018
Accepted: 30 September 2018
First Online: 8 November 2018
Ethics approval
: All the procedures were in strict accordance with the institutional guidelines of Nantong University, which complies with international rules and policies. Ethics in accordance with the ARRIVE (Animal Research: Reporting In Vivo Experiments) guidelines were followed in the animal experiments and approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of Nantong University, Nantong, China. All the surgeries were performed under anesthesia, and all efforts were made to minimize suffering and the number of rats used in this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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