Hu, Mingyang
Du, Wenjuan
Li, Wenyue
Du, Yufeng
Si, Wenjin
Hou, Jinxiu
Gao, Ya
Yang, Linhai
Sun, Huizeng
Liu, Hongyun
Yu, Zhongtang
Guan, Leluo
Xu, Qingbiao
Article History
Received: 1 August 2025
Accepted: 10 August 2026
First Online: 1 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: All animal experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAUMO-2025-0077 and HZAUCA-2026-0017) and conducted in strict accordance with the China National Institutes of Health’s Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Euthanasia was performed under sodium pentobarbital anesthesia to minimize suffering.
Consent for publication: Not applicable. This study did not involve human participants, clinical data, or identifiable images.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.