Yang, Yi-Fang https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7425-3156
Yu, Pei-Lun
Chou, Chih-Yu
Lin, Yu-Hsuan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5311-0623
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (KSVGH-114-053)
National Science and Technology Council (113-2314-B-075B-001 and 114-2314-B-075B-011)
National Science and Technology Council (113-2314-B-075B-002 and 114-2314-B-075B-014 -MY3)
Yen Tjing Ling Medical Foundation (CI-112-5 and CI-115-16)
Article History
Received: 7 October 2025
Accepted: 4 March 2026
First Online: 13 March 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (Approval No. KSVGH23-CT8-10) and was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. The requirement for written informed consent was waived. All animal experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (IACUC approval number: IACUC-2510-2710-25045) and were conducted in accordance with institutional guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.