Zeng, Ruifang
Zhong, Liting
Li, Pengfei
Gao, Xiaoying
Chen, Yanfeng
Hao, Wenwen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Traditional Chinese Medicine Bureau of Guangdong Province (20232077)
Guangdong Medical Science and Technology Research Fund (A2024755)
Guangdong Hong Kong Macao University Alliance Fund (GWLM20252008)
Special Fund for Major R&D of China National Health Commission ((2021KYSHX01508)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2021A1515010602)
Medical Research Foundation of Guangdong Province (A2025005)
Science and Technology Plan Project of Guangzhou City (2025A04J4087)
Article History
Received: 8 July 2025
Accepted: 16 January 2026
First Online: 28 January 2026
Declarations
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: The Ethics Committee of The Integrated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University authorized the experimental and research protocols of this study. All procedures performed in this study were according with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Written informed consent was provided and signed by all patients prior to sample collection.
: All authors have agreed to this publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.