Shao, Mingwei http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8376-9023
Chen, Duo
Wang, Qingzhu
Guo, Feng
Wei, Fangyi
Zhang, Wei
Gan, Tian
Luo, Yuanyuan
Fan, Xunjie
Du, Peijie
Liu, Yanxia
Ma, Xiaojun
Ren, Gaofei
Song, Yi
Zhao, Yanyan http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6294-9447
Qin, Guijun http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5972-6744
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81974110, 82170839)
Article History
Received: 14 August 2023
Accepted: 2 November 2023
First Online: 18 January 2024
Acknowledgements
: The authors would like to thank C. Song (Zhengzhou University of Public Health, Henan, China) for helpful discussions. We also thank all patients who participated in this study and generously provided us with blood samples.
: All data generated or analysed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files.
: This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81974110, 82170839).
: The authors declare that there are no relationships or activities that might bias, or be perceived to bias, their work.
: MS, DC, YZ and GQ conceived and designed the research. MS, QW, FG, PD, YLiu, XM and GR contributed to the clinical trial and data collection. MS, DC, FW, WZ, TG, YLuo, XF and YS contributed to animal experiments and data collection. MS and FW contributed to cell experiments and data collection. MS and DC contributed to the analysis and interpretation of data. MS, DC and FW drafted the paper. WZ, TG, YLuo and XF revised the paper for important intellectual content. GQ revised the manuscript critically. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript prior to publication. YZ and GQ are the guarantors of this work, had full access to all of the study data and take responsibility for the integrity and accuracy of the data.