Ni, Jinrong
Zhou, Hao
Shen, Kai
Xu, Hongtao
Wang, Jinwen
Liu, Jiuxiang
Liu, Feng https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3602-3840
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20191492)
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (KY202207)
Article History
Received: 4 December 2025
Accepted: 19 February 2026
First Online: 26 February 2026
Declarations
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: The experimental procedures were approved by the Animal Research Committee of Nanjing Medical University (Approval No. IACUC-2509035) and carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University (Approval No: 2024-SRFA-211). All patients were informed prior to data collection and provided written informed consent.
: We confirm that all the authors have reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.