Zhao, Wen-Yu
Zhao, Hanya
Yang, Tongtong
Huang, Shuang
Chen, Yulong
Li, Zhongzheng
Leask, Andrew
Kim, Gi-young
Song, Jingshuang
Yu, Guoying
Wang, Lan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5723-8664
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (32570921)
State Innovation Base for Pulmonary Fibrosis (111 Project)
Key R&D Program of Henan province, China (231111310400)
Zhongyuan scholar, Henan, China (244000510009)
Henan Project of Science and Technology, China (GZS2023008, 242102311167)
Article History
Received: 25 June 2026
Revised: 26 August 2026
Accepted: 3 September 2026
First Online: 14 September 2026
Declarations
Ethical approval: The acquisition and utilization of human patient specimens were reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Clinical Trial the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (No. 2026-KY-0427-001).
Consent for publication: Informed consent for participation and publication was obtained from all participants.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest concerning the contents of this article.