“…HEI-OC1, an inner ear cell line, was kindly provided by Dr. Renjie Chai at Southeast University. HEI-OC1 cells were cultured as previously described [ 29 ]. The cells were cultured in DMEM (C11995500BT, Gibco, Grand Island, NY, United States) containing 10% FBS (10,099,141, Gibco, Grand Island, NY, United States) and 1% penicillin (SV30010, HyClone, South Logan, UT, United States) in acceptable conditions (5% CO 2 , 37 °C).…”