Xie, Xiaoyu
Tsui, Yu-Man
Zhang, Vanilla Xin
Yu, Tiffany Ching-Yun https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9953-0173
Husain, Abdullah
Chiu, Yung-Tuen
Tian, Lu
Lee, Eva
Lee, Joyce Man-Fong
Ma, Hoi-Tang
Ho, Daniel Wai-Hung
Sze, Karen Man-Fong https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7997-5331
Ng, Irene Oi-Lin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7532-2029
Funding for this research was provided by:
HKU | University Research Committee, University of Hong Kong (T12-704/16-R)
HKU | University Research Committee, University of Hong Kong (T12-716/22-R)
Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC PD/17-9)
National Science Foundation of China | National Natural Science Foundation of China-Yunnan Joint Fund (82394451)
Article History
Received: 21 August 2024
Revised: 31 January 2025
Accepted: 12 February 2025
First Online: 21 February 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: We confirm that all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. The use of human samples in this study was approved by the institutional review board of the University of Hong Kong/Hospital Authority Hong Kong West Cluster (UW 17-056). Informed consent was obtained from all patients. All experimental procedures on mice were approved by the Committee on the Use of Live Animals in Teaching and Research of the University of Hong Kong (CULATR 5089-19 and 5688-21) and conducted in accordance with the Animals (Control of Experiments) Ordinance of Hong Kong.