Zhu, Kaiyuan http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4579-0790
Cai, Yang http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8709-6521
Si, Xiaotong
Ye, Zuodong http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9575-6198
Gao, Yuanzhu
Liu, Chuang
Wang, Rui http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3830-4133
Ma, Zhibin
Zhu, Huazhang
Zhang, Liang
Li, Shengjin http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1044-3262
Zhang, Hongmin http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4356-3615
Yue, Jianbo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6384-5447
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (11101717 and 11103620)
National Science Foundation of China | National Natural Science Foundation of China-Yunnan Joint Fund (21778045, 32070702, and 82161128014)
Article History
Received: 27 July 2021
Revised: 30 January 2022
Accepted: 28 March 2022
First Online: 16 April 2022
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All animal experiments were performed following the university laboratory animal guidelines and with approval from the Animal Committee of City University of Hong Kong. Pathological sections of lung cancer patients were obtained from the Pathology Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, with informed consent and approval from the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University. The patients were provided and signed the consent forms.