Sun, Lulu
Guo, Daoxia
Chang, Xinyue
Liu, Yi
He, Yu
Yang, Pinni
Shi, Mengyao
Chen, Jing
Wang, Aili
Zhang, Yonghong
He, Jiang
Xu, Tan
Zhu, Zhengbao
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82220108001, 82103917)
Science and Technology Program of Suzhou (SKY2023132)
Jiangsu Association for Science and Technology Youth Talent Promotion Program (JSTJ-2024-355)
the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
Article History
Received: 6 May 2025
Revised: 10 June 2025
Accepted: 13 July 2025
First Online: 25 July 2025
Declarations
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: This study protocol was approved by the ethical committee at Soochow University in China and Tulane University in the United States, as well as ethical committees at all participating hospitals, in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.