Wang, Jia
Shi, Xuan
Wang, Di
Gao, Jie
Huang, Kangmo
Li, Juanji
Dong, Weichen
Li, Yunzi
Guo, Hongquan
Wang, Yi
Huang, Zhenqian
Liu, Zhihui
Huang, Li
Pan, Liangyuan
Liu, Xinfeng
Zhu, Wusheng
Peng, Mengna
Xu, Gelin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6194-0341
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82201476)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82171330)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82471341)
Program for Jiangsu Provincial Excellent Scientific and Technological Innovation Team (2022ZB748)
Science, Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality (JCYJ20240813153011015)
Article History
Received: 3 June 2025
Revised: 24 August 2025
Accepted: 16 January 2026
First Online: 5 March 2026
Declarations
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: All experimental protocols complied with the guidelines of the National Institutes of Health and were approved by the Animal Care Committee of Jinling Hospital (2022DZGKJDWLS-0044, date of approval: March 7, 2022). This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Jinling Hospital and Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital (2022-294-01, date of approval: May 31, 2022). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients prior to carotid endarterectomy. The investigation was conducted in accordance with the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: The authors report no conflicts of interest.