doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1778721 Received 31 December 2025 Revised 10 March 2026 Accepted 12 March 2026 Published 30 March 2026 Volume 16 - 2026 Edited by Bilal i, Ahi Evran University Medicine Faculty Department of Physiology, Trkiye Reviewed by Pengbo Guo, Shandong First Medical University, China Lujian Zhu, Jinhua Central Hospital, China Updates Copyright 2026 Li and Chen
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