Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Scientific Research Project of Wuxi Health Commission (Q202041)
Jiangsu Commission of Health (ZD2021020)
Article History
Received: 27 February 2024
Accepted: 25 March 2025
First Online: 1 April 2025
Declarations
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: All animals care and experimental procedures was approved by the Ethical Review Board of the 904th Hospital of People's Liberation Army of China (Ethical approval project: research of the efficacy and mechanism of mesenchymal stem cell-based apelin gene therapy for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension; Approval date: October 20, 2020; Approval number: E202041). The study protocol conformed to the ISSCR guidelines and ARRIVE guidelines.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.