Zhang, Tao https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0920-0151
Ma, Xinrui https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7970-3387
Xu, Muyun https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-332X
Cai, Jinghua
Cai, Jianhua
Cao, Yanguang
Zhang, Zhihao
Ji, Xin
He, Jian
Cabrera, German Oscar Fonseca
Wu, Xuedan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5875-4233
Zhao, Weiling
Wu, Zhanhong https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3528-5603
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (5R01CA247769)
National Institutes of Health (S10OD023611)
National Institutes of Health (P30CA016086)
Article History
Received: 18 December 2023
Accepted: 5 May 2024
First Online: 21 May 2024
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki or comparable ethical standards. All animal experiments were conducted in accordance with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (Protocol No. 20–122.0). The analysis of patient data was approved by the Clinical Research Academic Committee of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital (permit 2023-309-02). Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for publication of the images in Fig. .
: All authors have consented to the publication of the final version of the manuscript.
: A patent (No. PCT/US2023/066537) has been filed related to this project.