Acknowledgement The authors thank Bin Tan from the confocal immuno- fluorescence facility of Pediatric Research Institute of Chongqing Medical University.This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30971213), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81100088),the Important Project of Chongqing Health Administration (20090113), and the 2010 Key Projects of Chongqing Medical University Foundation (XBZD.201010).
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