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Article History

Received: 19 June 2025

Accepted: 22 September 2025

First Online: 14 October 2025

Declarations

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: Clinical Ethics declaration: (1) Title of the approved project: Postpartum Umbilical Cord Collection. (2) Name of the institutional approval committee or unit: Medical Ethics Committee of Beijing Shangdi Hospital. (3) Approval number: SDEC-KT- 2023-2-S02. (4) Date of approval: 2023.05.16. This research has obtained relevant ethics approval, and the patient or his/her guardian/legally authorized representative/next of kin has provided written informed consent for participating in the research and/or using samples. For human iMSCs, Nuwacell Ltd. has confirmed that there was initial ethical approval for collection of human cells, and that the donors had signed informed consent. Animal Ethics declaration: (1) Title of the approved project: Biological characteristics of iPSC-derived CD146+ mesenchymal stem cells and efficacy and mechanism of treatment of ulcerative colitis. (2) Name of the institutional approval committee or unit: Ethics Committee of the Laboratory Animal Centre of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences. (3) Approval number: IACUC-DWZX-2023-571. (4) Date of approval: November 29, 2023. The protocols for animal experiments adhere to the ARRIVE (Animal Research: Reporting of in Vivo Experiments) guidelines.

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: The authors declare no competing interests.