Xu, Zhi-rou
Wu, Kan
Guo, Rui-ying
Wang, Peng
Ou-Yang, Jia-wei
Cao, Zhong-qiang
Yang, Hui-cui
Kim, Jong-Heon
Zhang, Xiao-hu
Suk, Kyoungho
Zhen, Xue-chu
Wang, Yuan
Du, Xiang-dong
Zheng, Long-tai
Article History
Received: 24 September 2025
Accepted: 4 February 2026
First Online: 11 March 2026
Competing interests
: Prof Xue-chu Zheng is the editorial board member of the journal and was not involved in the peer review or the decision making of the article. The authors declare no other competing interests.
: All animal experiments were conducted in compliance with ethical standards approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of Soochow University (Approval No. 202311A0357), adhering to China’s national guidelines for animal welfare and the principles of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction, Refinement).