Lei, Shiqiong
Hu, Shaobo
Wang, Weimin
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81874231)
the Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation (2025AFB040)
Article History
Received: 17 October 2024
Accepted: 27 June 2025
First Online: 11 July 2025
Declarations
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: This retrospective study utilized de-identified data from public databases, containing no personally identifiable information; thus, ethics committee approval was not required. The research complied with the Helsinki Declaration and Ethical Guidelines for Public Health Research regarding public data use. The experimental protocol was approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (IACUC No. 2910), and all animal experiments strictly adhered to its guidelines.
: All authors consented to the publication.
: This study involved no direct human participation or recruitment; therefore, informed consent was not required. All data were obtained from authorized public databases and used in compliance with their access agreements.
: All authors have no conflicts of interest with regard to this study.