Zhang, Zhi-da
Ren, Hui
Wang, Wei-xi
Shen, Geng-yang
Huang, Jin-jing
Zhan, Mei-qi
Tang, Jing-jing
Yu, Xiang
Zhang, Yu-zhuo
Liang, De
Yang, Zhi-dong
Jiang, Xiao-bing http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9428-2381
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81774338, 81674000)
the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2016A030313645)
the Science and Technology Projects of Guangdong Province (2016A020226006)
the Guangdong Province Universities and Colleges Pearl River Scholar Funded Scheme (2018), China
Article History
Received: 31 December 2018
Accepted: 4 May 2019
First Online: 10 September 2019
Compliance with ethics guidelines
: Zhi-da ZHANG, Hui REN, Wei-xi WANG, Geng-yang SHEN, Jin-jing HUANG, Mei-qi ZHAN, Jing-jing TANG, Xiang YU, Yu-zhuo ZHANG, De LIANG, Zhi-dong YANG, and Xiao-bing JIANG declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals were followed. All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008 (5). Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.