Chen, Liang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7186-7109
Henn, Danielle https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-7757
Dong, Zhongzheng https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7813-7142
Liang, Jiaxuan
Wielenga, Aleksander
Vale, Goncalo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1104-0289
Burugula, Bala https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1114-6964
Zou, Junyi
Krishnan, Yamuna https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5282-8852
McDonald, Jeffrey G https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1570-4142
Kitzman, Jacob https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6145-882X
Funding for this research was provided by:
HHS | NIH | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD109346)
HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35GM153356)
HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35GM153286)
HHS | NIH | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (ul1tr003163)
HHS | NIH | NHLBI | Division of Intramural Research (p01hl160487)
HHS | NIH | NIDDK | Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases (1P30DK12798401A1)
Article History
Received: 18 November 2025
Revised: 26 March 2026
Accepted: 15 April 2026
First Online: 2 May 2026
Disclosure and competing interests statement
: The University of Michigan has filed a provisional patent application based on the results of this study, with ML and LC listed as inventors. The authors declare no other competing interests.