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"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe Committees of Clinical Ethics of The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University (Ethics number: CDYFY-IACUC-202208QR017) approved the animal experimentation protocols. Institutional Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee guidelines were followed during all rat experiments. Consent to participateNot applicable. Consent to publishNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This research is funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82160380), the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (20232BAB206082), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81960352), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82160376) and the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Science and Technology GanPo 555 Project Leading Personnel Training Program (1210013001)."