Wu, Jing-Yiing
Chang, Tzu-Ching
Chen, Mei-Jen
Cho, Shih-Han
Liou, Jun-Yang
Kuo, Cheng-Chin
Wu, Kenneth K.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST 109-2326-B-400-008-MY3)
Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST 111-2326-B-400-005)
Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST 111-2326-B-400-008)
National Science and Technology Council (NSTC 112-2326-B-400-003-MY3)
National Health Research Institutes (Taiwan) intramural grants (12A1-pp11-014)
National Health Research Institutes (Taiwan) intramural grants (13A1-CSPP02-014)
National Health Research Institutes (Taiwan) intramural grants (14A1-CSPP02-014)
Article History
Received: 13 November 2025
Accepted: 21 August 2026
First Online: 27 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: All animal experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of AAALAC-Accredited animal facility at NHRI (NHRI-IACUC-109058). Human studies were approved by the Institutional Review Board of NHRI and Tri-Service General Hospital (IRB numbers EC1070109-E, 1-104-05-133 and 2-104-05-117), and written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to sample collection.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.