All animal studies were conducted in accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Brazilian Scientific Society for Laboratory Animals. The protocol was approved by the Committee on the Ethics of Animal Experiments of the Universidade Federal do ABC (protocol number: 005/2014). All surgery was performed under anesthesia, and all efforts were made to minimize suffering.
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