Xu, Yuhao
Huang, Lili
Sun, Liang
Li, Chenggang
Zhou, Chao
Liu, Pinyi
Zhang, Zhi
Deng, Shiji
Mao, Chenglu
Hu, Zheqi
Bao, Xinyu
Xia, Shengnan
Xu, Yun
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82130036/823B2027)
STI2030-Major Projects (2022ZD0211800)
Jiangsu Province Key Medical Discipline (ZDXK202216)
Article History
Received: 11 July 2025
Accepted: 20 January 2026
First Online: 22 February 2026
Declarations
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: All animal studies complied with the ethical guidelines for researchers by the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS) and were approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University (permission number: 2023AE01011; date issued: 10 July 2023). All participants provided written informed consent according to the Declaration of Helsinki and were reimbursed for travel expenses, and the clinical study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital (permission number: 2022-472-02; date issued: 22 July 2022).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.