Gu, Yu
Zhao, Xin-Hao
Xing, Bai-Zhou
Wu, Biao
Peng, Rong
Li, Chang-Qing
lv, Hai
Lu, Hua-Ding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (No. 2023A1515110860)
Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (No. 2022A1515010713)
Article History
Received: 22 January 2026
Accepted: 22 May 2026
First Online: 2 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and content to participate: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The use of discarded, deidentified human cartilage was approved by Medical Ethics Committee of the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (Permit Number: No.2025K198-1), with a waiver of informed consent. All animal procedures were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (Permit Number: No. 00484) and in accordance with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.