Su, Chih-Wen
Tsai, Li-Chin
Hsu, Yi-Che
Lu, Yu-Sheng
Lee, James Chun-I
Linacre, Adrian
Hsieh, Hsing-Mei https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7467-1278
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science and Technology Council (MOST 110-2320-B-015-001 and MOST 111-2320-B-015-001-MY2)
Article History
Accepted: 21 August 2025
First Online: 20 October 2025
Declarations
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: In this study, samples were collected after informed consent and following the procedures approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Antai- Tian-Sheng Memorial Hospital (IRB No. 22-001-B) in Taiwan. None of the authors are affiliated to these hospitals nor the study was carried out in these hospitals. The studies have been performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.