Xu, Xiaonan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7366-580X
Jarajapu, Vinesh
Chadourne, Manon
Soto-Vargas, Zulaida
Ochoa-Rios, Shaaron L. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0091-2355
Jasani, Neel https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1133-5554
Wang, Kaizhen
Mecozzi, Nicol
Yao, Jiqiang
Yu, Xiaoqing
Karreth, Florian A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2350-9809
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (R01CA259046)
Florida Department of Health (21B04)
Melanoma Research Foundation (1068914)
Article History
Received: 30 June 2025
Revised: 6 October 2025
Accepted: 12 November 2025
First Online: 24 November 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. All procedures involving animals were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC, protocol number: 12845 R) and conducted in accordance with institutional and national guidelines. No human identifiable images are included in this study.