Huiling Yao

Dec 4, 2024 | respiratory-research.biomedcentral.com | Pingping Liu |Hao Yue Zhu |Huan Yang |Jun Zha |Huiling Yao |Shaoze Zhang | +5 more

Adult male C57BL/6 mice (body weights 25–28 g) were purchased from Hunan Silaikejingda Laboratory Animal Co. Ltd., Changsha, China. IL-21 knockout (KO) mice (IL-21−/−) in C57BL/6 N background were purchased from Cyagen Biosciences (stock no. KOCMP-60505-Il21-B6N-VA; Cyagen Biosciences, Guangzhou, China). All animals were acclimatized for a week and maintained in a temperature and humidity-controlled room with a 12-h light-dark cycle, and were given standard food and purified water ad libitum.