Cheng, Cillian H. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0975-6926
Ji, Fenfen
Shen, Jianming
Jiao, Ying
Chen, Danyu
Yang, Huan
Ye, Liufang
Tao, Ruizhi
Wei, Qinyao
Kang, Wei
Yu, Jun
Wong, Chi Chun https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1362-3541
Funding for this research was provided by:
Noncommunicable Chronic Diseases-National Science and Technology Major Project (2023ZD0501400 and 2023ZD0500200)
Research Grants Council (RGC)-Collaborative Research Fund (C4008-23WF, C4042-24GF)
RGC-General Research Fund (14101322, 14101725)
Heath and Medical Research Fund (08190706, 22210122)
1+1+1 CUHK-CUHK(SZ)-GDSTC Joint Collaboration Fund (2025A0505000044)
Article History
Received: 15 December 2025
Accepted: 13 February 2026
First Online: 17 March 2026
Declarations
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: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects.The human study was approved by Institution Review Board of the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (IRB ref. number: 2025.596) and written informed consent was obtained from all subjects. All the animal studies were performed in accordance with guidelines and approved by the Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Ref number: No. 23-138-MIS and 24-304-GRF).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.