Female BALB/c mice (aged 4 to 6 weeks) were purchased from the Weitong Lihua Laboratory Animal Services Centre (Beijing, China), bred in individually ventilated cage rack systems, and subsequently transferred to the biosafety level 3 facilities of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention at the beginning of the experiments. All experiments involving animals followed the regulations of the Beijing Administration Office for Laboratory Animals.
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