Li, Tingting
Adams, Joseph https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6310-5495
Zhu, Peilin
Zhang, Tao
Tu, Fei
Gravitte, Amy
Zhang, Xiaojin
Liu, Li
Casteel, Jared https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7737-4711
Yakubenko, Valentin
Williams, David L.
Li, Chuanfu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1224-4358
Wang, Xiaohui https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0587-7253
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (1R01DK139141)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (1R21AG083408)
Article History
Received: 12 December 2024
Revised: 18 March 2025
Accepted: 4 April 2025
First Online: 13 April 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All animal studies were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee at East Tennessee State University (approval number: P240203) and were conducted in accordance with institutional guidelines and relevant regulations.