Shi, Wei https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6926-291X
Zhang, Fan https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2090-7240
Sun, Wei-Qing
Liang, Li-Qi
Krishnan, Shamalagowri
Article History
Received: 15 June 2025
Revised: 16 January 2026
Accepted: 10 February 2026
First Online: 24 February 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All experimental procedures involving animals were conducted in compliance with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and received approval from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of Kunming Medical University. Ethics approval for human subject research was granted by the Ethics Committee of Yunnan Cancer Hospital (No. KYLX202124). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to tissue sample collection, with strict adherence to institutional ethical standards and the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.