Chen, Mei-Lin
Chu, Chen-Yang
Zhang, Feng-Xian
Zhang, Li-Pei
Yang, Ying
Peng, Bai-Zhao
Wu, Chuang-Hai
Chen, Xiao-Mei
You, Yan-Ting
Rong, Bing-Ying
Kwan, Hiu Yee
Zhao, Xiao-Shan
Liu, Yan-Yan
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82074289)
Article History
Received: 14 January 2026
Revised: 4 June 2026
Accepted: 7 June 2026
First Online: 11 July 2026
Declarations
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: This study received approval from the Ethics Committee of the Southern Medical University Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine (Ethics Approval No: NFZXYEC-2018–00). Informed consent was obtained from all participants or their legal guardians. Additionally, all animal care and handling procedures were approved by the Laboratory Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee of Southern Medical University (Approval No: SMUL202412006).
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
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