Tu, Jun
Peng, Zhiwei
Sun, Xiyang
Liu, Haobo
Zhao, Jianqi
Xu, Bin
Zhu, Xu
Liu, Baofang
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Health Research Program of Anhui Province (Grant No. AHWJ2024Aa20135)
Article History
Received: 8 November 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 3 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Written informed consent for publication was obtained from all participants who provided human cartilage samples. All identifying information has been removed to ensure anonymity, and signed consent forms are available for review by the journal’s editorial office upon request.