Wu, Jie
Gong, Qimei
Liu, Wenxuan
Chen, Aijia
Liao, Zekai
Huang, Yihua
Jiang, Wenkai https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2213-9850
Tong, Zhongchun https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2950-4969
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82270973)
Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation
Article History
Received: 15 December 2024
Revised: 10 July 2025
Accepted: 14 July 2025
First Online: 14 October 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
: This study adhered to all relevant ethical regulations and was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University (Seal) (KQEC-2023–43-01). The procedures of all animal experiments conformed to the Animal Ethics Procedures and Guidelines of the People’s Republic of China, and were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Sun Yat-Sen University (Approval No: SYSU-IACUC-2024-002797).