Shen, Cong https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9982-176X
Cao, Ruican
Zhou, Qiao
Zhou, Tao
Wu, Tiantian
Gao, Wenxin
Wang, Gaigai
Feng, Guannan https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1294-5343
Qiao, Longwei https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5264-9886
Wang, Ting https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2243-7599
Funding for this research was provided by:
Suzhou Gu Su Health Talent Research Project
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82001576)
Article History
Received: 21 September 2024
Revised: 16 June 2025
Accepted: 9 July 2025
First Online: 22 July 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All human procedures received approval from the Ethical Committee of the Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (No. 2022012), adhering to the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki, and written informed consent was obtained from each patient. All animal procedures were approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of Nanjing Medical University (No. 2402015) and performed according to the ARRIVE guidelines.