Li, Xing
Zeng, Jiaxin
Liu, Naici
Tang, Biqiu
Sun, Hui
Qiu, Changjian
Gold, James M.
Lui, Su https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3541-1769
Zhang, Wenjing
Article History
Received: 16 July 2025
Revised: 21 January 2026
Accepted: 18 February 2026
First Online: 27 February 2026
Competing interests
: Drs. Wenjing Zhang and James M. Gold consult to VeraSci. The remaining authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
: This study includes a meta-analysis based on secondary data from previously published, publicly available data. No new human or animal participants were recruited or studied directly by the authors. This study was performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. All studies included in the meta-analysis had received ethical approval from their respective institutional review boards, and informed consent was obtained from all participants in those original studies. Therefore, no additional ethical approval or informed consent was required for this study.