Shi, Qianyi
Zhou, Junli
Zou, Zhishan
Li, Jingzhou
Huang, Wenxin
Huang, Xinyi
Huang, Fang
Chen, Shoucheng
He, Yifan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 2024A1515010748)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 2024A1515013060)
2024 AO/OF Research Grant
Best Basic Science Grant
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 82201119)
Article History
Received: 12 May 2026
Accepted: 12 August 2026
First Online: 21 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study involving human samples was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University (No. KQEC-2026-052-02). Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to sample collection. The animal use protocol listed below has been reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), Sun Yat-sen University (Approval No. SYSU-IACUC-2025-001749).
Consent for publication: All authors agree to be published.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.