Chen, Ya-Ting
Sui, Jing
Yang, Yu
Zhang, Hao
Wesselius, Anke
Shen, Yingzhou
Qin, Qi-Rong
Sun, Gui-Ju
Wang, Shao-Kang
Wang, Xiang-Dong
Wang, Shujin
Li, Wen-Chao
Cheng, Kar Keung
James, Nicholas D.
Bryan, Richard T.
Zeegers, Maurice P.
Chen, Lianmin
Xia, Hui
Yu, Evan Yi-Wen
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82574191; 82204033)
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20220826)
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2242022R10062/3225002202A1)
Zhishan Young Scholar Award at the Southeast University (2242023R40031)
The Scientific Research Project for Health Commission of Anhui Province (AHWJ2023A20172; AHWJ2023BAa20055)
Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Educational Committee (2024AH050663)
Jiangsu Provincial Double-Innovation Doctor Program (SSCBS20220169)
Article History
Received: 18 June 2025
Accepted: 26 November 2025
First Online: 3 December 2025
Declarations
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: The studies involving human participants were reviewed and approved by NHS National Research Ethics Service North West (11/NW/0382) and Nottingham Multi-center Research Ethics Committee (06/MRE04/65), and written informed consent was obtained from all participants. All experimental procedures were conducted in compliance with the institutional guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals in China and approved by the Animal Ethical Council of Southeast University. Animal welfare and experimental protocols were strictly in accordance with the guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.