Lu, Zhenbin
Shi, Wenhan https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4078-8452
Article History
Received: 19 February 2025
Revised: 15 December 2025
Accepted: 28 January 2026
First Online: 30 March 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
: All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations, including the declaration of Helsinki for human subjects and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines of animal care. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Yueqing Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University (ethics proposal: YQYY202500078). Written informed consent was obtained from all MDD patients and volunteers prior to their enrollment. All animal experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at the Wenzhou Medical University.