Dong, Liang
Lu, Bingtai
Luo, Wenwen
Gu, Xiaoqiong
Wu, Chengxiang
Trotta, Luca
Seppanen, Mikko
Zhang, Yuxia
Zavialov, Andrey V.
Article History
Received: 22 April 2024
Accepted: 18 September 2024
First Online: 20 January 2025
Compliance with ethics guidelines
: Conflicts of interest Liang Dong, Bingtai Lu, Wenwen Luo, Xiaoqiong Gu, Chengxiang Wu, Luca Trotta, Mikko Seppanen, Yuxia Zhang, and Andrey V. Zavialov declare that the research was conducted without commercial or financial relationships that could be considered a potential conflict of interest.
: The study was undertaken in compliance with the principles of the Helsinki Declaration and was approved by the ethics committee of Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland. All patients were informed of the study, and they gave written consent before sample collection. The Medical Ethics Committee of Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center (GWCMC) in Guangzhou, China, approved the study of patients with pneumonia under Approval No. 2016111853. The study adhered to ethical standards and guidelines. The serum from cord blood and healthy women was obtained from GWCMC Biobank.