This study was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30171000).Acknowledgments: We are grateful to SUN Zhong-jiang, LI Yi and WU Han from the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences for their assistance with the animals. We also thank DONG Xiao-jun from the Institute of Radiation Medicine, the Academy of Military Medical Science for assistance with the radio immunoassays.
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