Song, Xiaoyu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9485-977X
Wu, Wanfu
Varshney, Mukesh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2165-0152
Roman, Andrew
Gustafsson, Jan-Åke https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1472-1373
Warner, Margaret
Article History
Received: 8 October 2024
Revised: 28 August 2025
Accepted: 17 September 2025
First Online: 1 October 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All methods in this study were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the local Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee for animal experimentation (University of Houston animal protocol 09-036). All participants provided written informed consent before participation.