Yuan, Yue
Li, Jiaxuan
Lu, Xun
Chen, Min
Liang, Huifang
Chen, Xiao-ping
Long, Xin
Zhang, Bixiang
Gong, Song
Huang, Xiaowei
Zhao, Jianping
Chen, Qian
Article History
Received: 8 February 2024
Accepted: 27 March 2024
First Online: 21 May 2024
Compliance with ethics guidelines
: <b>Conflicts of interest</b> Yue Yuan, Jiaxuan Li, Xun Lu, Min Chen, Huifang Liang, Xin Long, Bixiang Zhang, Song Gong, Xiaowei Huang, Jianping Zhao, and Qian Chen declare that they have no conflict of interest. Xiao-ping Chen is one of Editors-in-Chief of <i>Frontiers of Medicine</i>, who was excluded from the peer-review process and all editorial decisions related to the acceptance and publication of this article. Peer-review was handled independently by the other editors to minimise bias.
: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tongji Hospital (TJ-IRB20231140) (HUST, Wuhan, China). Additional informed consent was obtained from all patients whose identifying information is included in this article. All institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals were followed.