Hou, Qiang
Ji, Hong
Article History
Received: 8 February 2025
Revised: 23 December 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 4 April 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All experiments involving animals were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards and guidelines established by Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). All animal testing procedures were reviewed and approved by the Experimental Animal Ethics Committee of Dalian Medical University (No. L20160297).