Recombinant expressed vasoactive intestinal peptide analogue ameliorates TNBS-induced colitis in rats
Chun-Lan Xu, Yu Guo, Lei Qiao, Li Ma, Yi-Yi Cheng, The Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, Shaanxi Province, China
Author contributions: Xu CL conceived and designed the experiments; Guo Y, Qiao L and Ma L performed the experiments; Cheng YY analyzed the data; Roman A contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools; Xu CL wrote the manuscript.
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 31672435; the Graduate Starting Seed Fund of Northwestern Polytechnical University, No. Z2017236; and the National College Students Innovation, Experiment Program, No. 201610699266.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Northwestern Polytechnical University Institutional Review Board.
Institutional animal care and use committee statement: All procedures involving animals were reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Northwestern Polytechnical University (IACUC protocol number: No.2016014).
Conflict-of-interest statement: No potential conflicts of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Chun-Lan Xu, PhD, Associate Professor, The Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 Youyixi Road, Xi’an 710072, Shaanxi Province, China. clxu@nwpu.edu.cn
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Received: December 1, 2017
Peer-review started: December 1, 2017
First decision: December 13, 2017
Revised: December 19, 2017
Accepted: December 27, 2017
Article in press: December 27, 2017
Published online: February 14, 2018
