Qiang, Yuwei
Bian, Saiyan
Tong, Yun
Chen, Weiting
Tang, Zhangzhi
Dai, Chengchen
Liu, Mingyu
Xu, Banglong
Jiang, Lihan
Ma, Kexin
He, Xuyang
Li, Jinlong
Xiao, Mingbing
Zheng, Wenjie
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82272624)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82272839)
Article History
Received: 12 October 2025
Accepted: 24 February 2026
First Online: 13 March 2026
Declarations
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: The study complies with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University (approval No. 2023-L038; date: 03/02/2023), which operates in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Given the retrospective design and use of de-identified data and specimens, the Committee granted a waiver of informed consent. All animal experimental protocols were Approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of Nantong University (approval No. P20230221-017; date: 02/21/2023). The Committee acts in accordance with ICLAS Ethics and Animal Welfare Committee guidelines (ICLAS Governing Board approval: 6 June 2013).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.