Zhang, Dongsheng
Yang, Sheng
Xu, Hengjie
Chen, Zhihao
Wang, Xiaowei
Sun, Yueming https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8641-1668
Funding for this research was provided by:
Jiangsu Province Capability Improvement Project through Science, Technology and Educatio
Article History
Received: 7 January 2025
Revised: 30 May 2025
Accepted: 7 July 2025
First Online: 22 August 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Approval from the Institutional Review Board of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (2022-SRFA-164) was obtained for human tissue study, and informed consent was provided by all patients involved. All animal experiments are conducted with the approval of the Committee on the Ethics of Animal Experiments of Nanjing Medical University (IACUC-2310067). All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.