Cao, Huan
Yang, Liu
Hou, Bin
Sun, Dong
Lin, Ling
Song, Hong-Li
Shen, Zhong-Yang
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81670574, 81441022 and 81270528)
Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City (08JCYBJC08400, 11JCZDJC27800 and 12JCZDJC25200)
Article History
Received: 7 January 2020
Revised: 29 April 2020
Accepted: 18 May 2020
First Online: 5 June 2020
Change Date: 1 November 2022
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: This article has been retracted. Please see the Retraction Notice for more detail:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-022-03200-8
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This experiment was carried out under strict accordance with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH publication 86–23, revised 1985), and all protocols were approved by the Animal Care and Research Committee of Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China (Permit Number: 2016-03-A1). All surgeries and sacrifices were performed under chloral hydrate anesthesia. Every effort was made to minimize animal suffering.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.