Xie, Fu’an
Niu, Yujia
Lian, Lanlan
Wang, Yue
Zhuang, Aobo
Yan, Guangting
Ren, Yantao
Chen, Xiaobing
Xiao, Mengmeng
Li, Xi
Xi, Zhe
Zhang, Gen
Qin, Dongmei
Yang, Kunrong
Zheng, Zhigang
Zhang, Quan
Xia, Xiaogang
Li, Peng
Gu, Lingwei
Wu, Ting
Luo, Chenghua
Lin, Shu-Hai
Li, Wengang
Article History
Received: 22 December 2022
Accepted: 4 July 2023
First Online: 29 December 2023
Compliance with ethics guidelines
: Fu’an Xie, Yujia Niu, Lanlan Lian, Yue Wang, Aobo Zhuang, Guangting Yan, Yantao Ren, Xiaobing Chen, Mengmeng Xiao, Xi Li, Zhe Xi, Gen Zhang, Dongmei Qin, Kunrong Yang, Zhigang Zheng, Quan Zhang, Xiaogang Xia, Peng Li, Lingwei Gu, Ting Wu, Chenghua Luo, Shu-Hai Lin, and Wengang Li declare no conflict of interest associated with this publication.
: The study was approved by the ethics committee of all participating institutions, including the Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University (No. XAHLL2021024) and Peking University International Hospital (No. WA2020RW29). The study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 <i>Declaration of Helsinki</i> and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. We obtained written informed consent from all participants, except for those we could not contact due to lack of follow-up. In these cases, the institutional review boards at each participating institution granted permission for existing tissue samples to be used for research purposes.