Zhang, Yifeng
Gui, Yu
Belke, Darrell
Wang, Xiaopu
Su, Wen
Liu, Maojun
Yan, Binjie
Sun, Jiaxing
Hu, Xinqun
Zheng, Xi-Long https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4623-895X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (G-22-0032035)
Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (PJT-178010)
Article History
Received: 2 July 2025
Revised: 24 November 2025
Accepted: 12 December 2025
First Online: 30 December 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All animal experiments conformed to the Guidelines for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals published by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH Publication No. 85-23, revised 1996). All experimental protocols were reviewed and approved by the Animal Care Ethics Committee of the University of Calgary.