Li, Wen-Qi https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8388-9612
Liu, Sheng-Nan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2236-7914
Yang, Si-Chang https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2942-7238
Lin, Xiang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9065-2744
Zhang, Zhang-Jin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8416-3426
Funding for this research was provided by:
Food and Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | Health and Medical Research Fund (12133711)
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (17115017)
Article History
Received: 29 April 2024
Revised: 9 December 2024
Accepted: 23 January 2025
First Online: 29 January 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All animal experiments were performed following the approved protocol according to the guidelines of the Committee on the Use of Live Animals in Teaching and Research of the University of Hong Kong (CULATR ref: 22–121). All animal procedures were performed in strict accordance with the Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments (ARRIVE) guidelines.