Tian, Jiao
Liu, Chaoge
Li, Bing
Hu, Ning
Gu, Xiaoting
Li, Dongmei
Ai, Xiaoyu
Zhou, Honggang https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2987-3422
Xiao, Ting
Yang, Cheng https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9431-290X
Article History
Received: 24 September 2024
Revised: 7 April 2025
Accepted: 14 April 2025
First Online: 8 May 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All animal experiments in this study were reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of Nankai University (Permit No. SYXK 2014-0003). The use of clinical samples was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Tianjin Stomatological Hospital. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to sample collection. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines/regulations and are compliant with good scientific practice.