Jin, Wei
Hou, Weiwei
Song, Yang
Mo, Junfeng
Chen, Yong
Li, Kang
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Key Research and Development Program of China: Prevention and Treatment of Cancer, Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Respiratory and Metabolic Diseases (2023ZD0505600)
the Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital “Hundred Talents” Program for Enhancing Scientific Research Capabilities (20-Q20)
the National Master of Chinese Medicine Chen Shaohong Heritage Studio (Traditional Chinese Medicine [Ethnic Medicine] Special Project—2100601)
the China (Ethnic Medicine) Special Project (CJJ2024070)
the Chinese Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine “Eaglet Program” Clinical Youth Talent Training Project (HJJ2024006)
Article History
Received: 18 December 2025
Accepted: 28 July 2026
First Online: 18 August 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethics approval and consent to participate: All experiments were conducted in compliance with the National Institutes of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and were approved by the Ethics Committee of Chongqing University Three Gorges Hospital (Approval No. SXYYDW2024-088). At the end of the experiments, all animals were humanely euthanized via anesthetic overdose. The study was conducted and reported in accordance with the ARRIVE guidelines (see Supplementary Information).