Yang, Qin
Zhang, Yi-Lin
Chen, Si-Jie
Song, Jing
Yin, Qing
Wen, Yi
Yang, Hong-Bin
Wu, Qiu-Li
Zhang, Yue
Fu, Yu-Qi
Wang, Bin
Yang, Min
Qin, Suo-Fu
Lv, Lin-Li
Tang, Tao-Tao
Liu, Bi-Cheng
Funding for this research was provided by:
Jiangsu Province Innovation Centre of Nephrology (2023GSPKY05)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82230022)
National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFC2502500)
National Outstanding Physician (CZXM-RC-52)
Article History
Received: 22 January 2026
Accepted: 21 March 2026
First Online: 9 April 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: All procedures involving human umbilical cords were approved by the Ethics Committee for Clinical Research of Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University (approval number: 2023ZDSYLL118-P01). All animal experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Southeast University (approval number: 20220224039) and were conducted in accordance with internationally accepted guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.