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aDepartment of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Hospital of Shaoxing University, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, China bRegenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI) at CÚRAM SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Galway, Galway City, Galway County, Ireland *Corresponding author. Address: Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI) at CÚRAM SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Galway, Biomedical Sciences Building, University of Galway, Upper Newcastle, Galway City, Galway County, Ireland, H91 W2TY, E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] (L. Cheng and Q. Ou). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work, even for commercial purposes, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.