Chang, Lei
Zhou, Le
Jiang, Shan
Wei, Kai
Li, Jie
Zhao, Junhong
Shah, Kavita
Deng, Xinzhou
Sun, Renhuang
Zuo, Xiaoyu
Wang, Zhenzhen
Ding, Liting
Luo, Zhiguo
Duan, Lihua
Yan, Yutao
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province of China (2023AFB1007)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (62363028)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82371773)
Article History
Received: 13 July 2025
Revised: 3 September 2025
Accepted: 5 September 2025
First Online: 25 February 2026
Declarations
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: All animal experiments were conducted following the guidelines and regulations set by Hubei University of Medicine, and were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of the university (approval number Hubei University of Medicine - No. 2022−042). The study adhered to the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (NIH publication no. 85 − 23, revised 2011). The procedures and results were reported in accordance with the ARRIVE guidelines for reporting in vivo animal research.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.