Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (6): 659-668.DOI: 10.12300/j.issn.1674-5817.2023.142

Special Issue: 动物实验设计及统计学方法

• Guidelines for Comparative Medical Research and Reporting • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Explanation and Elaboration for the ARRIVE Guidelines 2.0—Reporting Animal Research and In Vivo Experiments (Ⅳ)

Xiaying LI1,2, Yonglu TIAN3, Xiaoyu LIU4, Xuancheng LU5, Guoyuan CHEN6, Xiao LU7, Yu BAI8, Jing GAO9, Yao LI10, Yusheng WEI1,2()(), Wanyong PANG12()(), Yufeng TAO11()()   

  1. 1.Laboratory Animal Research Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
    2.School of Life Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
    3.School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
    4.National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
    5.Laboratory Animal Centre, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
    6.Animal Core Facility, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 200031, China
    7.Dizal Pharmaceuticals Co. , Ltd. , Shanghai 201203, China
    8.Novo Nordisk Research Centre China, Beijing 102206, China
    9.Clinical Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
    10.Department of Laboratory Animal Science, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200025, China
    11.China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment, Beijing 100062, China
    12.Translational in Vivo Model Research Platform, Sanofi G&D, Beijing 100022, China
  • Received:2023-10-13 Revised:2023-12-05 Online:2023-12-25 Published:2024-01-08
  • Contact: Yusheng WEI, Wanyong PANG, Yufeng TAO

Abstract:

Improving the reproducibility of biomedical research results is a major challenge.Transparent and accurate reporting of the research process enables readers to evaluate the reliability of the research results and further explore the experiment by repeating it or building upon its findings. The ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines, released in 2019 by the UK National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), provide a checklist applicable to any in vivo animal research report. These guidelines aim to improve the standardization of experimental design, implementation, and reporting, as well as the reliability, repeatability, and clinical translatability of animal experimental results. The use of ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines not only enriches the details of animal experimental research reports, ensuring that information on animal experimental results is fully evaluated and utilized, but also enables readers to understand the content expressed by the author accurately and clearly, promoting the transparency and integrity of the fundamental research review process. At present, the ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines have been widely adopted by international biomedical journals. This article is a Chinese translation based on the best practices of international journals following the ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines in international journals, specifically for the complete interpretation of the ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines published in the PLoS Biology journal in 2020 (original text can be found at https://arriveguidelines.org). The fourth part of the article includes the items 1-5 of ARRIVE 2.0 Recommended 11 section, which covers "Abstract" "Background" "Objectives" "Ethical statement" and "Housing and husbandry". Its aim is to promote the full understanding and use of the ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines by domestic researchers, enhance the standardization of experimental animal research and reporting, and promote the high-quality development of experimental animal technology and comparative medicine research in China.

Key words: Animal experiment, ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines, ARRIVE recommended 11, Abstract, Background, Objectives, Ethical statement, Housing and husbandry

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